[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) › 5.39 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.39 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.39) yajñārthaṃ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayam eva svayaṃbhuvā yajño 'sya bhūtyai sarvasya tasmād yajñe vadho 'vadhaḥ // > Svayambhu (the Self-existent) himself created animals for the sake of sacrifices; sacrifices (have been instituted) for the good of this whole (world); hence the slaughtering (of beasts) for sacrifices is not slaughtering (in the ordinary sense of the word). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.38) - [Next: 5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.40) - [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.5.39) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.39) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka.9.39) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.8.1.19) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini.8.1.19) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.8.1.19) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit - [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.664) — P. V. Kane, English - [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c5.s2.2) — Jagdish Chandra Jain, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.39) · Pramāṇa