[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) › 6.85 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.85 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.85 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.85) anena kramayogena parivrajati yo dvijaḥ sa vidhūyeha pāpmānaṃ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati // > A twice-born man who becomes an ascetic, after the successive performance of the above-mentioned acts, shakes off sin here below and reaches the highest Brahman. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.84) - [Next: 6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.86) - [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.6.85) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.85) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.85) · Pramāṇa