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# Manava Dharmashastra 10.95

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.95

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.95)

jīved etena rājanyaḥ sarveṇāpy anayaṃ gataḥ  
na tv eva jyāyaṃsīṃ vṛttim abhimanyeta karhi cit //

> A Kshatriya who has fallen into distress, may subsist by all these (means); but he must never arrogantly adopt the mode of life (prescribed for his) betters.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.10.95) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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