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# Naradasmriti m3.7

Nāradasmṛti m3.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [m3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m3.7)

yatra dharmo hy adharmeṇa satyaṃ yatrānṛtena ca /  
hanyate prekṣamāṇānāṃ hatās tatra sabhāsadaḥ //

> Where justice is slain by injustice, and truth by falsehood, the members of the court, who look on with indifference, are doomed to destruction themselves.  
> — 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.m3.8) — Julius Jolly 1889, English

## Commentaries (1)

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

## Linked texts (1)

- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.5060) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit

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