[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) › 4.256 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.256 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.256 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.256) vācy arthā niyatāḥ sarve vāṅgūlā vāgviniḥsṛtāḥ tāṃs tu yaḥ stenayed vācaṃ sa sarvasteyakṛn naraḥ // > All things (have their nature) determined by speech; speech is their root, and from speech they proceed; but he who is dishonest with respect to speech, is dishonest in everything. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.255) - [Next: 4.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.257) - [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.4.256) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.256) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.256) · Pramāṇa