The Law Code of Manu
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: February 11, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780192802712
First sentence: Manu was seated, absorbed in contemplation, when the great seers came up to him, paid homage to him in the appropriate manner, and addressed him in these words: 'Please, Lord, tell us precisely and in the proper order the Laws of all the social classes, as well as of those born in between; for you alone, Master, know the true meaning of the duties contained in this entire ordinance of the Self-existent One, an ordinance beyond the powers of thought or cognition.'
Notes: Oxford World's Classics