Manusmriti 7.198
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.198
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.198
sāmnā dānena bhedena samastair atha vā pṛthak
vijetuṃ prayatet na yuddhena kadā cana //
He should (however) try to conquer his foes by conciliation, by (well-applied) gifts, and by creating dissension, used either separately or conjointly, never by fighting, (if it can be avoided.)
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
Linked texts (2)
- Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- Indische Sprüche — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- State and Government in Ancient India — Altekar 1949, English
- Hindu Administrative Institutions — Dikshitar 1929, English
- War in Ancient India — Dikshitar 1944, English