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# Agnipurana 239.24

Agnipurāṇa 239.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [239.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.239.24)

itīmaṃ ṣoḍaśavidhannakuryādeva vigrahaṃ /  
tadātvāyatisaṃśuddhaṃ karma rājā sadācaret //

> a king should never wage such a sixteenfold war.  
> A king should always undertake an action that is sound both in the present and in the future.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.239.24) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.239.24) — Sanskrit

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