[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 4.86 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.86 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.86 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.86) daśa sūṇāsahasrāṇi yo vāhayati saunikaḥ tena tulyaḥ smṛto rājā ghoras tasya pratigrahaḥ // > A king is declared to be equal (in wickedness) to a butcher who keeps a hundred thousand slaughter-houses; to accept presents from him is a terrible (crime). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.85) - [Next: 4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.87) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.4.86) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.86) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.1.5) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.86) · Pramāṇa