[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) › 5.45 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.45 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.45) yo 'hiṃsakāni bhūtāni hinasty ātmasukhecchayā sa jīvāṃś ca mṛtaś caiva na kva cit sukham edhate // > He who injures innoxious beings from a wish to (give) himself pleasure, never finds happiness, neither living nor dead. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.44) - [Next: 5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.46) - [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.5.45) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.45) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.68) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p543) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.8.86) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.45) · Pramāṇa