[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) › 7.98 # Manava Dharmashastra 7.98 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 7.98 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.98) eṣo 'nupaskṛtaḥ prokto yodhadharmaḥ sanātanaḥ asmād dharmān na cyaveta kṣatriyo ghnan raṇe ripūn // > Thus has been declared the blameless, primeval law for warriors; from this law a Kshatriya must not depart, when he strikes his foes in battle. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 7.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.97) - [Next: 7.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.99) - [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.7.98) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.98) · Pramāṇa