Manusmriti 9.249
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.249
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- Sanskrit
9.249
yāvān avadhyasya vadhe tāvān vadhyasya mokṣaṇe
adharmo nṛpater dṛṣṭo dharmas tu viniyacchataḥ //
When a king punishes an innocent (man), his guilt is considered as great as when he sets free a guilty man; but (he acquires) merit when he punishes (justly).
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Nāradasmṛti — Nārada, Sanskrit
- Indische Sprüche — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- Nāradīyamunisaṃhitā — Sanskrit