[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) › 4.17 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.17 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.17) sarvān parityajed arthān svādhyāyasya virodhinaḥ yathā tathādhyāpayaṃs tu sā hy asya kṛtakṛtyatā // > Let him avoid all (means of acquiring) wealth which impede the study of the Veda; (let him maintain himself) anyhow, but study, because that (devotion to the Veda-study secures) the realisation of his aims. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.16) - [Next: 4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.18) - [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.4.17) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.17) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p17) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.17) · Pramāṇa