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Manusmriti 8.170

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.170

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Sanskrit

8.170

anādeyaṃ nādadīta parikṣīṇo 'pi pārthivaḥ
na cādeyaṃ samṛddho 'pi sūkṣmam apy artham utsṛjet //

No king, however indigent, shall take anything that ought not to be taken, nor shall he, however wealthy, decline taking that which he ought to take, be it ever so small.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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