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Vaishnava Dharmashastra 8.36

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 8.36

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8.36

aśvamedhasahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtam
aśvamedhasahasrād dhi satyam eva viśiṣyate //

'If veracity and a thousand horse-sacrifices
[22, 23. Nand.'s interpretation of these two Sûtras, which has been followed above, does not agree with Kullûka's, of M. VIII, 88. But in another passage of Manu (VIII, 113), where the same terms recur, he interprets them like Nand.
36. This Sloka is also found in the Mahâbhârata I, 3095 &c., in the Mârkandeya-purâña VIII, 42, in the Hitopadesa IV, 129, and, in a somewhat modified form, in the Râmâyana II, 61, 10. See Böhtlinkg, Ind. Sprüche, 731 &c.] are weighed against each other, (it is found that) truth ranks even higher than a thousand horse-sacrifices.

Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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