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# Agnipurana 237.3

Agnipurāṇa 237.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [237.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.237.3)

nayasya vinayo mūlaṃ vinayaḥ śāstraniś cayāt /  
vinayo hīndriyajayastair yuktaḥ pālayenmahīṃ //

> Discipline is the root of policy; discipline arises from the certainty of the treatises; / discipline is indeed the conquest of the senses; endowed with these, he should protect the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.237.3) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.237.3) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.49.p100) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit
- [Kāmandakīya Nītisāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kamandaka_nitisara.1.19) — Kāmandaki, Sanskrit

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