Manusmriti 7.123
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.123
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.123
rājño hi rakṣādhikṛtāḥ parasvādāyinaḥ śaṭhāḥ
bhṛtyā bhavanti prāyeṇa tebhyo rakṣed imāḥ prajāḥ //
For the servants of the king, who are appointed to protect (the people), generally become knaves who seize the property of others; let him protect his subjects against such (men).
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Indische Sprüche — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- Akṣayanītisudhākara — Nagjī Rām Śarmā, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India — Rapson 1922, English