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Manava Dharmashastra 10.81

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.81

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Sanskrit

10.81

ajīvaṃs tu yathoktena brāhmaṇaḥ svena karmaṇā
jīvet kṣatriyadharmeṇa sa hy asya praty anantaraḥ //

But a Brahmana, unable to subsist by his peculiar occupations just mentioned, may live according to the law applicable to Kshatriyas; for the latter is next to him in rank.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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