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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.166

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.166

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.166)

anena nārī vṛttena manovāgdehasaṃyatā  
ihāgryāṃ kīrtim āpnoti patilokaṃ paratra ca //

> In reward of such conduct, a female who controls her thoughts, speech, and actions, gains in this (life) highest renown, and in the next (world) a place near her husband.  
> — 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.5.166) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.166) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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