svamāṁsaṁ paramāṁsena yo vardhayitum icchati |
anabhyarcya pitṝn devāṁs tato’nyo nāsty apuṇyakṛt ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.52)
“There is no greater sinner than one who seeks to increase his own flesh with the flesh of others and does not worship the forefathers and devas.”
yo’hiṁsakāni bhūtāni hinasty ātma-sukhecchayā |
sa jīvaṁś ca mṛtaś caiva na kvacit sukham edhate ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.45)
“One who harms innocuous creatures out of a desire for one’s own pleasure never attains happiness in life or after death.”
yo bandhana-vadha-kleśān prāṇināṁ na cikīrṣati |
sa sarvasya hita-prepsuḥ sukham atyantam aśnute ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.46)
“One who does not desire to bind, kill, or trouble other living beings and [instead] desires good for them all attains unlimited happiness.”
nāpṛṣṭaḥ kasyacid brūyān na cānyāyena pṛcchataḥ |
jānann api hi medhāvī jaḍaval loka ācaret ||
(Manu Smṛti: 2.110)
“Unless asked, do not speak to anyone, and do not speak to someone who asks improperly. Even while knowing, an intelligent person should act like a dullard [when it is unbefitting to disclose one’s knowledge].”
tṛṇāni bhūmir udakaṁ vāk caturthī ca sūnṛtā |
etāny api satāṁ gehe nocchidyante kadācana ||
(Manu Smṛti: 3.101)
“[For a guest] Grasses [i.e., bedding], a place [to rest], water, and, fourth [thing], kind words—even these never fail to be found in the house of the virtuous.”
samprāptāya tv atithaye pradadyād āsanodake |
annaṁ caiva yathāśakti satkṛtya vidhi-pūrvakam ||
(Manu Smṛti: 3.99)
“To a guest who has appeared [of their own accord without an invitation or notice], one should respectfully offer according to rule water [for the person to wash their feet], a seat, and food as per one’s ability.”
akāmasya kriyā kācid dṛśyate neha karhicit |
yad yad dhi kurute jantus tat-tat-kāmasya ceṣṭitam ||
(Manu Smṛti: 2.4)
“No action whatsoever of a desireless person is observable anywhere here [i.e., in this world] since whatever a person does is an action of [i.e., motivated by] desire for that [i.e., for whatever object the action is related to].”
kāmātmatā na praśastā na caivaihāsty akāmatā |
kāmyo hi vedādhigamaḥ karma-yogaś ca vaidikaḥ ||
(Manu Smṛti: 2.2)
“Being desirous is not praiseworthy, but there is no desirelessness in this world. Study of the Veda and the practice of the karma described in the Vedas are based on [i.e., prompted by] desire.”
vidvadbhiḥ sevitaḥ sadbhir nityam adveṣa-rāgibhiḥ |
hṛdayenābhyanujñāto yo dharmas taṁ nibodhata ||
(Manu Smṛti: 2.1)
“Learn that dharma which is practiced by learned sādhus who are always free from aversion and attachment, and which is approved by [one’s own] heart.”
dharma eva hato hantī dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ |
tasmad dharmo na hantavyo mā no dharmo hato’vadhīt ||
(Manu Smṛti: 8.15)
“Dharma is the destroyer of those who destroy it, and dharma protects those who protect it. Therefore, dharma should not be destroyed lest that destroyed dharma destroy us.”
