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# Manava Dharmashastra 7.46

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.46)

kāmajeṣu prasakto hi vyasaneṣu mahīpatiḥ  
viyujyate 'rthadharmābhyāṃ krodhajeṣv ātmanaiva tu //

> For a king who is attached to the vices springing from love of pleasure, loses his wealth and his virtue, but (he who is given) to those arising from anger, (loses) even his life.  
> — 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.7.46) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.56.3) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rājanītiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.rajanitiratnakara.1.p61) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit

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