Editing Manusmriti (section)

===Dharma of the four Varnas===
{{further|Varna (Hinduism)}}
*3.1 Rules Relating to Law (2.25 – 10.131)
**3.1.1 Rules of Action in Normal Times (2.26 – 9.336)
***3.1.1.1 Fourfold Dharma of a [[Brahmin]] (2.26 – 6.96) (contains the longest section of Manusmriti, 3.1, called ''dharmavidhi'')<ref name=olivellepage7/>
***3.1.1.2 Rules of Action for a [[Kshatriya|King]] (7.1 – 9.324) (contains 960 verses, includes description of institutions  and officials of state, how officials are to be appointed, tax laws, rules of war, the role and limits on the power of the king, and long sections on eighteen grounds for litigation, including those related to non-delivery under contract, breach of contract, non-payment of wages, property disputes, inheritance disputes, humiliation and defamation, physical assault, theft, violence of any form, injury, sexual crimes against women, public safety, and others; the section also includes rules of evidence, rules on interrogation of witnesses, and the organisation of court system)<ref name=olivellepage10>Patrick Olivelle (2005), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PnHo02RtONMC&pg=PA10 Manu's Code of Law]'', Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195171464}}, pp. 10–15, 154–205</ref>
***3.1.1.3 Rules of Action for [[Vaiśya]]s and [[Śūdra]]s (9.326 – 9.335) (shortest section, eight rules for Vaishyas, two for Shudras, but some applicable laws to these two classes are discussed generically in verses 2.26 – 9.324)<ref>Patrick Olivelle (2005), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PnHo02RtONMC&pg=PA16 Manu's Code of Law]'', Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195171464}}, pp. 16, 8–14, 206–207</ref>
**3.1.2 Rules of Action in Times of Adversity (10.1 – 11.129) (contains revised rules on the state machinery and four varnas in the times of war, famine or other emergencies)<ref name=olivellepage16>Patrick Olivelle (2005), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PnHo02RtONMC&pg=PA16 Manu's Code of Law]'', Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195171464}}, pp. 16–17, 208–229</ref>
*3.2 Rules Relating to Penance (11.1 – 11.265) (includes rules of proportionate punishment; instead of fines, incarceration or death, discusses penance or social isolation as a form of punishment for certain crimes)<ref name=olivellepage16/>

The verses 6.97, 9.325, 9.336 and 10.131 are transitional verses.<ref name=olivellepage9/> Olivelle notes instances of likely interpolation and insertions in the notes to this section, in both the presumed vulgate version and the critical edition.<ref>Patrick Olivelle (2005), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PnHo02RtONMC&pg=PA237 Manu's Code of Law]'', Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195171464}}, pp. 237–350, 914–982</ref>