[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) › 8.21 # Manava Dharmashastra 8.21 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.21) yasya śūdras tu kurute rājño dharmavivecanam tasya sīdati tad rāṣṭraṃ paṅke gaur iva paśyataḥ // > The kingdom of that monarch, who looks on while a Sudra settles the law, will sink (low), like a cow in a morass. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.20) - [Next: 8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.22) - [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.8.21) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.14.p20) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini.14.p20) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.14.p20) — 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 - [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s18.44) — P. V. Kane, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.21) · Pramāṇa