[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) › 9.108 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.108 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.108 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.108) piteva pālayet pūtrān jyeṣṭho bhrātṝṇ yavīyasaḥ putravac cāpi varteran jyeṣṭhe bhrātari dharmataḥ // > As a father (supports) his sons, so let the eldest support his younger brothers, and let them also in accordance with the law behave towards their eldest brother as sons (behave towards their father). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.107) - [Next: 9.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.109) - [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.9.108) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.19.p16) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.108) · Pramāṇa