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# Manava Dharmashastra 9.214

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.214

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.214)

sarva eva vikarmasthā nārhanti bhrātaro dhanam  
na cādattvā kaniṣṭhebhyo jyeṣṭhaḥ kurvīta yautakam //

> All brothers who habitually commit forbidden acts, are unworthy of (a share of) the property, and the eldest shall not make (anything his) separate property without giving (an equivalent) to his younger brothers.  
> — 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.9.214) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.52.p115) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit
- [Vyavahāraprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharaprakasa.10.p52) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit

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