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Manusmriti 11.15

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.15

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Sanskrit

11.15

ādānanityāc cādātur āhared aprayacchataḥ
tathā yaśo 'sya prathate dharmaś caiva pravardhate //

(Or) he may take (it by force or fraud) from one who always takes and never gives, and who refuses to give it; thus the fame (of the taker) will spread and his merit increase.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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