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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.79

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.79

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.79)

priyeṣu sveṣu sukṛtam apriyeṣu ca duṣkṛtam  
visṛjya dhyānayogena brahmābhyeti sanātanam //

> Making over (the merit of his own) good actions to his friends and (the guilt of) his evil deeds to his enemies, he attains the eternal Brahman by the practice of meditation.  
> — 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.6.79) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.79) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.sannyasa.samnyasaupanisadah.4.182) — Sanskrit
- [Nāradaparivrājakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.sannyasa.naradaparivrajaka.2.51) — Sanskrit
- [Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.brhaddharma.77.30) — Sanskrit

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