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Manusmriti 11.80

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.80

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Sanskrit

11.80

pratiroddhā vā sarvasvam avajitya vā
viprasya tannimitte vā prāṇālābhe //

He who unhesitatingly abandons life for the sake of Brahmanas or of cows, is freed from (the guilt of) the murder of a Brahmana, and (so is he) who saves (the life of) a cow, or of a Brahmana.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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