[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) › 4.41 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.41 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.41) rajasābhiplutāṃ nārīṃ narasya hy upagacchataḥ prajñā tejo balaṃ cakṣur āyuś caiva prahīyate // > For the wisdom, the energy, the strength, the sight, and the vitality of a man who approaches a woman covered with menstrual excretions, utterly perish. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.40) - [Next: 4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.42) - [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.4.41) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.41) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p49) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.41) · Pramāṇa