[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) › 5.158 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.158 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.158 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.158) āsītā maraṇāt ksāntā niyatā brahmacāriṇī yo dharma ekapatnīnāṃ kāṅkṣantī tam anuttamam // > Until death let her be patient (of hardships), self-controlled, and chaste, and strive (to fulfil) that most excellent duty which (is prescribed) for wives who have one husband only. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.157) - [Next: 5.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.159) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.158) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.158) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.158) · Pramāṇa