[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c18.26 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c18.26 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c18.26 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.26) ²¹ धर्मार्थावुच्यते श्रेयः कामार्थौ धर्म एव च । अर्थ एवेह वा श्रेयस्त्रिवर्ग इति तु स्थितिः ॥ मनु II. 224; परित्यजेदर्थकामौ यौ स्यातां धर्मवर्जितौ । मनु IV. 176 ; compare विष्णुधर्मसूत्र 71.84 'धर्मविरुद्धौ चार्थकामौ (परिहरेत्) ।'; अनुशासन 111.18-19 'धर्मश्चार्थश्च कामश्च त्रितयं जीविते फलम् । एतद्द्वयमवाप्तव्यमधर्मपरिवर्जितम्' ॥; विष्णुपुराण III. 11. 7 परित्यजेदर्थकामौ धर्मपीडाकरौ नृप । धर्ममप्यसुखोदर्कं लोकविद्विष्टमेव च ॥ - [Previous: v2.c18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.25) - [Next: v2.c18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.27) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18) ## Cites (4) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.111.18) — Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.11.7) — Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.71.84) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.224) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.26) · Pramāṇa