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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.2

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.2)

gṛhasthas tu yathā paśyed valīpalitam ātmanaḥ  
apatyasyaiva cāpatyaṃ tadāraṇyaṃ samāśrayet //

> When a householder sees his (skin) wrinkled, and (his hair) white, and. the sons of his sons, then he may resort to the forest.  
> — 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.6.2) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.2) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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