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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.207

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.207

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.207)

bhrātṝṇāṃ yas tu neheta dhanaṃ śaktaḥ svakarmaṇā  
sa nirbhājyaḥ svakād aṃśāt kiṃ cid dattvopajīvanam //

> But if one of the brothers, being able (to maintain himself) by his own occupation, does not desire (a share of the family) property, he may be made separate (by the others) receiving a trifle out of his share to live upon.  
> — 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.9.207) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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