Manava Dharmashastra 7.27
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.27
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.27
taṃ rājā praṇayan samyak trivargeṇābhivardhate
viṣamaḥ kṣudro daṇḍenaiva nihanyate //
A king who properly inflicts (punishment), prospers with respect to (those) three (means of happiness); but he who is voluptuous, partial, and deceitful will be destroyed, even through the (unjust) punishment (which he inflicts).
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
- Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — K. P. Jayaswal, English
- State and Government in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English