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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.18

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.18)

vayasaḥ karmaṇo 'rthasya śrutasyābhijanasya ca  
veṣavāgbuddhisārūpyam ācaran vicared iha //

> Let him walk here (on earth), bringing his dress, speech, and thoughts to a conformity with his age, his occupation, his wealth, his sacred learning, and his race.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.4.18) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.18) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p18) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.4.p43) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.18) · Pramāṇa
