Manusmriti 8.311
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.311
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.311
nigraheṇa hi pāpānāṃ sādhūnāṃ saṃgraheṇa ca
dvijātaya ivejyābhiḥ pūyante satataṃ nṛpāḥ //
For by punishing the wicked and by favouring the virtuous, kings are constantly sanctified, just as twice-born men by sacrifices.
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 (1)
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — Heesterman 1985, English