Manusmriti 7.21
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.21
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.21
adyāt kākaḥ puroḍāśaṃ dhavis tathā
svāmyaṃ ca na syāt kasmiṃś cit pravartetādharottaram //
The crow would eat the sacrificial cake and the dog would lick the sacrificial viands, and ownership would not remain with any one, the lower ones would (usurp the place of) the higher ones.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Sūktiratnahāra — Kāliṅgarāya Sūrya, Sanskrit
Discussed in (6)
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — Majumdar et al. 1951, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — Sharma 1958, English
- State and Government in Ancient India — Altekar 1949, English
- Hindu Administrative Institutions — Dikshitar 1929, English
- The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics — Sarkar 1922, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — Hopkins 1889, English