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Manava Dharmashastra 8.348

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.348

Language
Sanskrit

8.348

śastraṃ dvijātibhir grāhyaṃ dharmo yatroparudhyate
dvijātīnāṃ ca varṇānāṃ viplave kālakārite //

Twice-born men may take up arms when (they are) hindered (in the fulfilment of their duties, when destruction (threatens) the twice-born castes (varna) in (evil) times,

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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