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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.87

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.87

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.87)

yo rājñaḥ pratigṛhṇāti lubdhasyocchāstravartinaḥ  
sa paryāyeṇa yātīmān narakān ekaviṃśatim //

> He who accepts presents from an avaricious king who acts contrary to the Institutes (of the sacred law), will go in succession to the following twenty-one hells:  
> — 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.4.87) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.87) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.47.p53) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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