[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [The Law Code of Nārada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) › m1.21 # The Law Code of Nārada m1.21 Nāradasmṛti m1.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [m1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.21) kāmāt krodhāc ca lobhāc ca tribhyo yasmāt pravartate / triyoniḥ kīrtyate tena trayam etad vivādakṛt // > Because it proceeds from one of these three motives, carnal desire, wrath, and greed; therefore it is said to have three efficient causes. These are the three sources of lawsuits. > — Julius Jolly 1889, The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati - [Previous: m1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.20) - [Next: m1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.22) - [Up: m1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1) ## Translations (1) - [The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada~en-jolly.m1.26) — Julius Jolly 1889, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.59.p71) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā (Āpadeva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrticandrika-apadeva.1.p82) — Āpadeva 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.21) · Pramāṇa