Manusmriti 7.140
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.140
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.140
tīkṣṇaś caiva mṛduś ca syāt kāryaṃ vīkṣya mahīpatiḥ
tīkṣṇaś caiva mṛduś caiva rāja bhavati sammataḥ //
Let the king, having carefully considered (each) affair, be both sharp and gentle; for a king who is both sharp and gentle is highly respected.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest — J. F. Fleet, English
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English