[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) › 4.240 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.240 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.240 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.240) ekaḥ prajāyate jantur eka eva pralīyate eko 'nubhuṅkte sukṛtam eka eva ca duṣkṛtam // > Single is each being born; single it dies; single it enjoys (the reward of its) virtue; single (it suffers the punishment of its) sin. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.239) - [Next: 4.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.241) - [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.4.240) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.240) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.49.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.11.1024) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.240) · Pramāṇa