[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) › 4.81 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.81 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.81 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.81) yo hy asya dharmam ācaṣṭe yaś caivādiśati vratam so 'saṃvṛtaṃ nāma tamaḥ saha tenaiva majjati // > For he who explains the sacred law (to a Sudra) or dictates to him a penance, will sink together with that (man) into the hell (called) Asamvrita. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.80) - [Next: 4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.82) - [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.4.81) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.81) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.81) · Pramāṇa