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# Manava Dharmashastra 7.104

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.104

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.104)

amāyayaiva varteta na kathaṃ cana māyayā  
budhyetāriprayuktāṃ ca māyāṃ nityaṃ susaṃvṛtaḥ //

> Let him ever act without guile, and on no account treacherously; carefully guarding himself, let him always fathom the treachery which his foes employ.  
> — 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.7.104) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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