[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) › 9.107 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.107 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.107 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.107) yasminn ṛṇaṃ saṃnayati yena cānantyam aśnute sa eva dharmajaḥ putraḥ kāmajān itarān viduḥ // > That son alone on whom he throws his debt and through whom he obtains immortality, is begotten for (the fulfilment of) the law; all the rest they consider the offspring of desire. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.106) - [Next: 9.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.108) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.9.107) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dāyabhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dayabhaga.1.36) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.107) · Pramāṇa