Manusmriti 8.177
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.177
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.177
karmaṇāpi samaṃ kuryād dhanikāyādhamarṇikaḥ
samo 'vakṛṣṭajātis tu dadyāc chreyāṃs tu tac chanaiḥ //
Even by (personal) labour shall the debtor make good (what he owes) to his creditor, if he be of the same caste or of a lower one; but a (debtor) of a higher caste shall pay it gradually (when he earns something).
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
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Bose 1942, 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