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# Manava Dharmashastra 7.40

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.40)

bahavo 'vinayān naṣṭā rājānaḥ  
vanasthā api rājyāni vinayāt pratipedire //

> Through a want of modesty many kings have perished, together with their belongings; through modesty even hermits in the forest have gained kingdoms.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.7.40) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.216.52) — Sanskrit
- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.7.1.665) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v1.c9.s1.2) — John Muir, English
- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.4420) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- [The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s4.t1.185) — E. W. Hopkins, English

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