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Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.1.45

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.1.45

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Sanskrit

3.1.45

śāstraṃ vipratipadyeta dharme nyāyena kenacit /
nyāyas tatra pramāṇaṃ syāt tatra pāṭho hi naśyati //

But whenever sacred law (sástra) is conflict with rational law (Dharmanyáya=kings' law), then reason shall be held authoritative; for there the original text (on which the sacred law has been based) is not available.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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