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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.169

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.169

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.169)

anena vidhinā nityaṃ pañcayajñān na hāpayet  
dvitīyam āyuṣo bhāgaṃ kṛtadāro gṛhe vaset //

> (Living) according to the (preceding) rules, he must never neglect the five (great) sacrifices, and, having taken a wife, he must dwell in (his own) house during the second period of his life.  
> — 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.5.169) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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