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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.48

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.48)

kruddhyantaṃ na pratikrudhyed ākruṣṭaḥ kuśalaṃ vadet  
saptadvārāvakīrṇāṃ ca na vācam anṛtāṃ vadet //

> Against an angry man let him not in return show anger, let him bless when he is cursed, and let him not utter speech, devoid of truth, scattered at the seven gates.  
> — 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.6.48) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.48) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.sannyasa.samnyasaupanisadah.4.173) — Sanskrit
- [Nāradaparivrājakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.sannyasa.naradaparivrajaka.2.43) — Sanskrit

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