[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 6.66 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.66 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.66 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.66) 'pi cared dharmaṃ yatra tatrāśrame rataḥ samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu na liṅgaṃ dharmakāraṇam // > To whatever order he may be attached, let him, though blemished (by a want of the external marks), fulfil his duty, equal-minded towards all creatures; (for) the external mark (of the order) is not the cause of (the acquisition of) merit. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.65) - [Next: 6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.67) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.6.66) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.66) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.12.3.3) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.12.46) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.66) · Pramāṇa