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The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.96.39

Mahābhārata 13.96.39

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Sanskrit

13.96.39

vālakhilyā ūcuḥ |
ekapādena vṛttyarthaṃ grāmadvāre sa tiṣṭhatu |
dharmajñastyaktadharmo'stu yaste harati puṣkaram || 39 ||

"The Valakhilyas said, 'Let him who has stolen thy stalks stand on one foot at the entrance of a village (for earning his subsistence)! Let him. while knowing all duties, be guilty of every breach!'"

Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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