Manava Dharmashastra 7.8
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.8
bālo 'pi nāvamāntavyo manuṣya iti bhūmipaḥ
mahatī devatā hy eṣā nararūpeṇa tiṣṭhati //
Even an infant king must not be despised, (from an idea) that he is a (mere) mortal; for he is a great deity in human form.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
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