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# Manava Dharmashastra 7.102

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.102

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.102)

nityam udyatadaṇḍaḥ syān nityaṃ vivṛtapauruṣaḥ  
nityaṃ saṃvṛtasaṃvāryo nityaṃ chidrānusāry areḥ //

> Let him be ever ready to strike, his prowess constantly displayed, and his secrets constantly concealed, and let him constantly explore the weaknesses of his foe.  
> — 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.7.102) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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