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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.34

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.34)

na tādṛśaṃ bhavaty eno mṛgahantur dhanārthinaḥ  
yādṛśaṃ bhavati pretya vṛthāmāṃsāni khādataḥ //

> After death the guilt of one who slays deer for gain is not as (great) as that of him who eats meat for no (sacred) purpose.  
> — 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.5.34) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.34) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p519) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Ācāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.acaracintamani.3.p301) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit

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