[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) › 7.2 # Manava Dharmashastra 7.2 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.2) brāhmaṃ prāptena saṃskāraṃ kṣatriyeṇa yathāvidhi sarvasyāsya yathānyāyaṃ kartavyaṃ parirakṣaṇam // > A Kshatriya, who has received according to the rule the sacrament prescribed by the Veda, must duly protect this whole (world). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.1) - [Next: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.3) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.7.2) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Rājanītiprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.rajanitiprakasa.1.p3) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.2) · Pramāṇa