[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 5.2 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.2 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.2) evaṃ yathoktaṃ viprāṇāṃ svadharmam anutiṣṭhatām kathaṃ mṛtyuḥ prabhavati vedaśāstravidāṃ prabho // > 'How can Death have power over Brahmanas who know the sacred science, the Veda, (and) who fulfil their duties as they have been explained (by thee), O Lord? ' > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.1) - [Next: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.3) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.2) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.2) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.8.1.8) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.2) · Pramāṇa