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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.91

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.91

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.91)

etad vidanto vidvāṃso brāhmaṇā brahmavādinaḥ  
na rājñaḥ pratigṛhṇanti pretya śreyo 'bhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ //

> Learned Brahmanas, who know that, who study the Veda and desire bliss after death, do not accept presents from a king.  
> — 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.4.91) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.91) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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