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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.47

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.47)

yad dhyāyati yat kurute ratiṃ badhnāti yatra ca  
tad avāpnoty ayatnena yo hinasti na kiṃ cana //

> He who does not injure any (creature), attains without an effort what he thinks of, what he undertakes, and what he fixes his mind on.  
> — 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.5.47) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.47) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.70) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p545) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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