[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 7.3 # Manava Dharmashastra 7.3 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.3) arājake hi loke 'smin sarvato vidruto bhayāt rakṣārtham asya sarvasya rājānam asṛjat prabhuḥ // > For, when these creatures, being without a king, through fear dispersed in all directions, the Lord created a king for the protection of this whole (creation), > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.2) - [Next: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.4) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.7.3) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.13.p2) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Lakṣaṇaprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.laksanaprakasa.1.p213) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Rājanītiprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.rajanitiprakasa.1.p6) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.3) · Pramāṇa