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# Manava Dharmashastra 7.42

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.42)

pṛthus tu vinayād rājyaṃ prāptavān manur eva ca  
kuberaś ca dhanaiśvaryaṃ brāhmaṇyaṃ caiva gādhijaḥ //

> But by humility Prithu and Manu gained sovereignty, Kubera the position of the Lord of wealth, and the son of Gadhi the rank of a Brahmana.  
> — 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.7.42) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka.13.42) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s18.46) — P. V. Kane, English
- [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v1.c9.s1.2) — John Muir, English
- [Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mehta-1939.c3.s1.t1.71) — Ratilal N. Mehta, English
- [Epic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1915.c6.s4.48) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English

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