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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.89

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.89

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.89)

sarveṣām api caiteṣāṃ vedavidhānataḥ  
gṛhastha ucyate śreṣṭhaḥ sa trīn etān bibharti hi //

> And in accordance with the precepts of the Veda and of the Smriti, the housekeeper is declared to be superior to all of them; for he supports the other three.  
> — 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.6.89) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.89.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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