[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 4.16 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.16 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.16) indriyārtheṣu sarveṣu na prasajyeta kāmataḥ atiprasaktiṃ caiteṣāṃ manasā saṃnivartayet // > Let him not, out of desire (for enjoyments), attach himself to any sensual pleasures, and let him carefully obviate an excessive attachment to them, by (reflecting on their worthlessness in) his heart. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.15) - [Next: 4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.17) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.4.16) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.16) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p16) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.16) · Pramāṇa