[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) › 9.126 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.126 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.126 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.126) janmajyeṣṭhena cāhvānaṃ subrahmaṇyāsv api smṛtam yamayoś caiva garbheṣu janmato jyeṣṭhatā smṛtā // > And with respect to the Subrahmanya (texts) also it is recorded that the invocation (of Indra shall be made) by the first-born, of twins likewise, (conceived at one time) in the wombs (of their mothers) the seniority is declared (to depend) on (actual) birth. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.125) - [Next: 9.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.127) - [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.9.126) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.21.p11) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.20.p17) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.126) · Pramāṇa