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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.1

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.1)

śrutvaitān ṛṣayo dharmān snātakasya yathoditān  
idam ūcur mahātmānam analaprabhavaṃ bhṛgum //

> The sages, having heard the duties of a Snataka thus declared, spoke to great-souled Bhrigu, who sprang from fire:  
> — 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.5.1) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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