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# Manava Dharmashastra 7.44

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.44)

indriyāṇāṃ jaye yogaṃ samātiṣṭhed divāniśam  
jitendriyo hi śaknoti vaśe sthāpayituṃ prajāḥ //

> Day and night he must strenuously exert himself to conquer his senses; for he (alone) who has conquered his own senses, can keep his subjects in obedience.  
> — 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.7.44) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.5.99.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Rājanītiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.rajanitiratnakara.1.p59) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit

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