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# Manusmriti 7.167

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.167

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.167)

balasya svāminaś caiva sthitiḥ kāryārthasiddhaye  
dvividhaṃ kīrtyate dvaidhaṃ ṣāḍguṇyaguṇavedibhiḥ //

> If the army stops (in one place) and its master (in another) in order to effect some purpose, that is called by those acquainted with the virtues of the measures of royal policy, the twofold division of the forces.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.7.167) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (6)

- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka.14.167) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.13.153.166) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Nārāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!narayana) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rājanītiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.rajanitiratnakara.6.p1) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.jayaswal-1933.c14.s4.t1.24) — Jayaswal 1933, English

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