Manusmriti 4.159
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.159
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.159
yad yat paravaśaṃ karma tat tad yatnena varjayet
yad yad ātmavaśaṃ tu syāt tat tat seveta yatnataḥ //
Let him carefully avoid all undertakings (the success of) which depends on others; but let him eagerly pursue that (the accomplishment of) which depends on himself.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit