Manusmriti 4.138
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.138
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- Sanskrit
4.138
satyaṃ brūyāt priyaṃ brūyān na brūyāt satyam apriyam
priyaṃ ca nānṛtaṃ brūyād eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ //
Let him say what is true, let him say what is pleasing, let him utter no disagreeable truth, and let him utter no agreeable falsehood; that is the eternal law.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Indische Sprüche — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English