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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.72

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.72)

na kathāṃ kuryād bahir mālyaṃ na dhārayet  
gavāṃ ca yānaṃ pṛṣṭhena sarvathaiva vigarhitam //

> Let him not wrangle; let him not wear a garland over (his hair). To ride on the back of cows (or of oxen) is anyhow a blamable act.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.4.72) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.72) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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