Manusmṛtiमनुस्मृति

The 11 passages the chapters quote

1. DocumentedUnit 1 · Communication

   Communication ethics↔ and true, pleasant and beneficial

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   “Speech that causes no distress, that is true, pleasant and beneficial.” अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् । anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yat. Bhagavad Gītā 17.15; Manusmṛti 4.138

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2. DocumentedUnit 1 · Organisation Structure

   Span of control↔ and tiers of ten

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   Manusmṛti 7.115–117

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3. DocumentedUnit 1 · Business Economics and Demand

   Wants that grow↔ and and pleasures that fade

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   “Desire is never quenched by enjoyment of desires; it only grows, like fire fed with ghee.” न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति । na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati. Manusmṛti 2.94; Bhagavad Gītā 5.22

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4. My viewUnit 1 · Utility Analysis

   Diminishing returns on pleasure↔ and pleasures that end

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   “Pleasures born of contact are sources of sorrow; they have a beginning and an end, and the wise take no delight in them.” ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते । आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः । ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te, ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ. Manusmṛti 2.94; Bhagavad Gītā 5.22

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5. DocumentedUnit 1 · National Income and Inflation

   Fiscal policy↔ and taxing lightly, like the bee

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   “As the bee takes honey little by little, so the king should draw taxes.” यथाल्पाल्पमदन्त्याद्यं वार्योकोवत्सषट्पदाः । yathālpālpam adanty ādyaṃ vāryokovatsaṣaṭpadāḥ. Manusmṛti 7.129; Raghuvaṃśa 1.18

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6. My viewUnit 2 · Organisational Behaviour

   The autocratic model: power and obedience↔ and the rod governs all

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   “The rod governs all subjects; the rod alone protects them; the rod keeps awake while they sleep; the wise know the rod as dharma.” दण्डः शास्ति प्रजाः सर्वा दण्ड एवाभिरक्षति । दण्डः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति दण्डं धर्मं विदुर्बुधाः । daṇḍaḥ śāsti prajāḥ sarvā daṇḍa evābhirakṣati; daṇḍaḥ supteṣu jāgarti daṇḍaṃ dharmaṃ vidur budhāḥ. Manusmṛti 7.18

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7. My viewUnit 2 · Values, Learning and Motivation

   Instrumental values↔ and the ten marks of dharma

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   धृतिः क्षमा दमोऽस्तेयं शौचमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः । धीर्विद्या सत्यमक्रोधो दशकं धर्मलक्षणम् । dhṛtiḥ kṣamā damo ’steyaṃ śaucam indriya-nigrahaḥ, dhīr vidyā satyam akrodho daśakaṃ dharma-lakṣaṇam. “Steadiness, forgiveness, self-control, not stealing, purity, restraint of the senses, wisdom, learning, truth and freedom from anger: these ten are the marks of dharma.” Manusmṛti 6.92

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8. DocumentedUnit 2 · Workforce Diversity

   Adapting to other cultures↔ and the customs of regions and guilds

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   जातिजानपदान्धर्मान्श्रेणीधर्मांश्च धर्मवित् । समीक्ष्य कुलधर्मांश्च स्वधर्मं प्रतिपादयेत् । jāti-jānapadān dharmān śreṇī-dharmāṃś ca dharmavit, samīkṣya kula-dharmāṃś ca sva-dharmaṃ pratipādayet. “One who knows the law should examine the customs of castes, regions, guilds and families, and then establish the law particular to each.” Manusmṛti 8.41

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9. My viewUnit 2 · Job Analysis and Design

   Naming and weighting the grounds of worth↔ and five grounds of honour, each weightier than the last

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   “Wealth, kin, age, deeds and, fifth, learning: these are grounds of honour, and each later one is weightier than the one before.” वित्तं बन्धुर्वयः कर्म विद्या भवति पञ्चमी । एतानि मान्यस्थानानि गरीयो यद्यदुत्तरम् । vittaṃ bandhur vayaḥ karma vidyā bhavati pañcamī; etāni mānyasthānāni garīyo yad yad uttaram. Manusmṛti 2.136

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10. DocumentedUnit 2 · Compensation Management

    Pay in coin and in kind↔ and wages, clothing and grain

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    “One paṇa is to be given as wages to the lowest servant and six to the highest; clothing every six months, and a droṇa of grain every month.” पणो देयोऽवकृष्टस्य षडुत्कृष्टस्य वेतनम् । षाण्मासिकस्तथाच्छादो धान्यद्रोणस्तु मासिकः । paṇo deyo 'vakṛṣṭasya ṣaḍ utkṛṣṭasya vetanam; ṣāṇmāsikas tathācchādo dhānyadroṇas tu māsikaḥ. Manusmṛti 7.126

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11. DocumentedUnit 7 · Pricing Decisions

    Cost and market factors in price↔ and fixing rates after reckoning

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    आगमं निर्गमं स्थानं तथा वृद्धिक्षयावुभौ । विचार्य सर्वपण्यानां कारयेत्क्रयविक्रयौ । āgamaṃ nirgamaṃ sthānaṃ tathā vṛddhikṣayāv ubhau / vicārya sarvapaṇyānāṃ kārayet krayavikrayau. “After weighing the arrival and dispatch, the storage, and the gain and loss of all goods, he should fix their buying and selling prices.” Manusmṛti 8.401; review at 8.402

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