Text 8] The Manus, Administrators of the Universe
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because one becomes king he should unnecessarily spend money for sense gratification. As soon as kings became degraded, spending money for sense gratification, they were lost. Similarly, at the present moment, monarchy having been lost, the people have created democracy, which is also failing. Now, by the laws of nature, the time is coming when dictatorship will put the citizens into more and more difficulty. If the king or dictator individually, or the members of the government collectively, cannot maintain the state or kingdom according to the rules of  Manusamhitā , certainly their government will not endure.
TEXT 8
सुनन्दायां वर्षशतं पदैकेन भुवं स्पृशन् । तप्यमानस्तपो धोरमिदमन्वाह भारत ॥ ८ ॥
sunandāyām varṣa-śatam padaikena bhuvam spṛśan tapyamānas tapo ghoram idam anvāha bhārata
sunandāyām —on the bank of the River Sunandā;  varṣa-śatam —for one hundred years;  pada-ekena —on one leg;  bhuvam —the earth;  spṛśan —touching;  tapyamānaḥ —he performed austerities;  tapaḥ —austerities;  ghoram —very severe;  idam —the following;  anvāha —and spoke;  bhārata —O scion of Bharata.
TRANSLATION
O scion of Bharata, after Svāyambhuva Manu had thus entered the forest with his wife, he stood on one leg on the bank of the River Sunandā, and in this way, with only one leg touching the earth, he performed great austerities for one hundred years. While performing these austerities, he spoke as follows.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura comments that the word  anvāha  means that he chanted or murmured to himself, not that he lectured to anyone.