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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.1

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.1)

evaṃ gṛhāśrame sthitvā vidhivat snātako dvijaḥ  
vane vaset tu niyato yathāvad vijitendriyaḥ //

> A twice-born Snataka, who has thus lived according to the law in the order of householders, may, taking a firm resolution and keeping his organs in subjection, dwell in the forest, duly (observing the rules given below).  
> — 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.6.1) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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