Manusmriti 8.15
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.15
dharma eva hato hanti dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ
tasmād dharmo na hantavyo mā no dharmo hato 'vadhīt //
'Justice, being violated, destroys; justice, being preserved, preserves: therefore justice must not be violated, lest violated justice destroy us.'
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Indische Sprüche — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Prasad 1928, English
- Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) — Prasad 1927, English