[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) › 4.259 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.259 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.259 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.259](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.259) eṣoditā gṛhasthasya vṛttir viprasya śāśvatī snātakavratakalpaś ca sattvavṛddhikaraḥ śubhaḥ // > Thus have been declared the means by which a Brahmana householder must always subsist, and the summary of the ordinances for a Snataka, which cause an increase of holiness and are praiseworthy. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.258) - [Next: 4.260](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.260) - [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.4.259) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.259) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.259](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.259) · Pramāṇa