मनुस्मृतिः
Manusmriti
The most influential Dharmashastra codifying duties across the four varnas and four ashramas. Covers rites of passage, kingship, marriage, and penance. It attempts to align human society with eternal cosmic principles (Ritam) and remains both celebrated and critically debated.
4
Subhashitams
Subhashitams from this grantha
yatra nāryastu pūjyante ramante tatra devatāḥ | yatraitāstu na pūjyante sarvāstatrāphalāḥ kriyāḥ ||
Where women are honoured, there the gods rejoice. Where they are not honoured, all actions remain fruitless.
dhṛtiḥ kṣamā damo'steyaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ | dhīrvidyā satyamakrodho daśakaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam ||
Fortitude, forgiveness, self-control, non-stealing, purity, sense-restraint, wisdom, learning, truthfulness, and freedom from anger — these ten are the marks of dharma.
śocanti jāmayo yatra vinaśyatyāśu tatkulam | na śocanti tu yatraitā vardhate taddhi sarvadā ||
The family where women grieve soon meets its destruction. But the family where they do not grieve always prospers.
etaddeśaprasūtasya sakāśāt agrajanmanaḥ | svaṃ svaṃ caritraṃ śikṣeran pṛthivyāṃ sarvamānavāḥ ||
All inhabitants of this earth should learn about living and building character from the ancient sages and seers who took birth in this land of India.