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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.1

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.1)

caturtham āyuṣo bhāgam uṣitvādyaṃ gurau dvijāḥ  
dvitīyam āyuṣo bhāgaṃ kṛtadāro gṛhe vaset //

> Having dwelt with a teacher during the fourth part of (a man's) life, a Brahmana shall live during the second quarter (of his existence) in his house, after he has wedded a wife.  
> — 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.4.1) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p1) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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