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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.165

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.165

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.165)

patiṃ yā nābhicarati manovāgdeha  
sā bhartṛlokam āpnoti sadbhiḥ sādhvīti cocyate //

> She who, controlling her thoughts, words, and deeds, never slights her lord, resides (after death) with her husband (in heaven), and is called a virtuous (wife).  
> — 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.5.165) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.165) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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