Manusmriti 8.168
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.168
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.168
balād dattaṃ balād bhuktaṃ balād yac cāpi lekhitam
sarvān balakṛtān arthān akṛtān manur abravīt //
What is given by force, what is enjoyed by force, also what has been caused to be written by force, and all other transactions done by force, Manu has declared void.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India — Rapson 1922, English
- A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans — Müller 1859, English
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Jolly & Ghosh 1896, English