<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.167 -->

[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) › [Manusmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 8.167

# Manusmriti 8.167

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.167

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.167)

kuṭumbārthe 'dhyadhīno 'pi vyavahāraṃ yam ācaret  
svadeśe vā videśe vā taṃ jyāyān na vicālayet //

> Should even a person wholly dependent make a contract for the behoof of the family, the master (of the house), whether (living) in his own country or abroad, shall not rescind it.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

- [Previous: 8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.166)
- [Next: 8.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.168)
- [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8)

## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.8.167) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (6)

- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.14.144.166) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, 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
- [Commentary of Nārāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!narayana) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.4.p25) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit
- [Vyavahāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.matrka.vyavaharacintamani.5.p60) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.670) — Kane 1930, English
- [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c12.246) — Sharma 1958, English

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.167) · Pramāṇa