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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.29

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.29)

carāṇām annam acarā daṃṣṭriṇām apy adaṃṣṭriṇaḥ  
ahastāś ca sahastānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ caiva bhīravaḥ //

> What is destitute of motion is the food of those endowed with locomotion; (animals) without fangs (are the food) of those with fangs, those without hands of those who possess hands, and the timid of the bold.  
> — 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.5.29) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.29) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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