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# Manava Dharmashastra 7.106

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.106

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.106)

bakavac cintayed arthān siṃhavac ca parākrame  
vṛkavac cāvalumpeta śaśavac ca viniṣpatet //

> Let him plan his undertakings (patiently meditating) like a heron; like a lion, let him put forth his strength; like a wolf, let him snatch (his prey); like a hare, let him double in retreat.  
> — 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.7.106) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.13.60.8) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.41.15) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit
- [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.41.15) — Basava, Sanskrit
- [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.70.34) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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