Manusmriti 7.177
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.177
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.177
sarvopāyais tathā kuryān nītijñaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
yathāsyābhyadhikā na syur mitrodāsīnaśatravaḥ //
By all (the four) expedients a politic prince must arrange (matters so) that neither friends, nor neutrals, nor foes are superior to himself.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English