[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) › 4.238 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.238 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.238 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.238) dharmaṃ śanaiḥ saṃcinuyād valmīkam iva puttikāḥ paralokasahāyārthaṃ sarvabhūtāny apīḍayan // > Giving no pain to any creature, let him slowly accumulate spiritual merit, for the sake (of acquiring) a companion to the next world, just as the white ant (gradually raises its) hill. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.237) - [Next: 4.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.239) - [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.4.238) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.238) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.8.1.5) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.238) · Pramāṇa