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# Naradasmriti m3.4

Nāradasmṛti m3.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [m3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m3.4)

dharmaśāstrārthakuśalāḥ kulīnāḥ satyavādinaḥ /  
samāḥ śatrau ca mitre ca nṛpateḥ syuḥ sabhāsadaḥ //

> The members of a royal court of justice must be acquainted with the sacred law and with rules of prudence, noble, veracious, and impartial towards friend and foe.  
> — Julius Jolly 1889, The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati

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## Translations (1)

- [The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada~en-jolly.m3.5) — Julius Jolly 1889, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Nāradabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada!asahaya.4.5) — Asahāya & Kalyāṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.3.26.16) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.3103) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit

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