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Manava Dharmashastra 9.320

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.320

Language
Sanskrit

9.320

kṣatrasyātipravṛddhasya brāhmaṇān prati sarvaśaḥ
brahmaiva saṃniyantṛ syāt kṣatraṃ hi brahmasaṃbhavam //

When the Kshatriyas become in any way overbearing towards the Brahmanas, the Brahmanas themselves shall duly restrain them; for the Kshatriyas sprang from the Brahmanas.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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