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Matsyapurana 103.21

Matsyapurāṇa 103.21

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103.21

*mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
śṛṇu rājanmahābāho kṣatradharmavyavasthitam
naiva dṛṣṭaṃ raṇe pāpaṃ yudhyamānasya dhīmataḥ //

Mârkaṇḍeya said:—"King! hear the duties of an ideal Kṣatriya. It is no sin for a wise man to fight; and for a king there is absolutely no sin to wage war to acquire his kingdom. Do not therefore allow yourself to be carried away by any such feeling that you have committed a sin."—21-22.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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