Manava Dharmashastra 4.245
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.245
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- Sanskrit
4.245
uttamān uttamān eva gacchan hīnāṃs tu varjayan
brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhatām eti pratyavāyena śūdratām //
A Brahmana who always connects himself with the most excellent (ones), and shuns all inferior ones, (himself) becomes most distinguished; by an opposite conduct he becomes a Sudra.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit