Manusmriti 7.139
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.139
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.139
nocchindyād ātmano mūlaṃ pareṣāṃ cātitṛṣṇayā
ucchindan hy ātmano mūlam āṭmānaṃ tāṃś ca pīdayet //
Let him not cut up his own root (by levying no taxes), nor the root of other (men) by excessive greed; for by cutting up his own root (or theirs), he makes himself or them wretched.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Akṣayanītisudhākara — Nagjī Rām Śarmā, Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Bose 1942, English
- Contributions to the History of the Hindu Revenue System — Ghoshal 1929, English
- The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics — Sarkar 1922, English