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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.64

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.64

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.64)

adharmaprabhavaṃ caiva duḥkhayogaṃ śarīriṇām  
dharmārthaprabhavaṃ caiva sukhasaṃyogam akṣayam //

> On the infliction of pain on embodied (spirits), which is caused by demerit, and the gain of eternal bliss, which is caused by the attainment of their highest aim, (gained through) spiritual merit.  
> — 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.6.64) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.64) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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