The Mauryan Polity c7.s5.t1.2

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c7.s5.t1.2

² tasmāt svadharmam bhūtānām rājā na vyabhicārayet| svadharmair saṃdhadhāno hi pretya cātra ca nandati|| vyavasthitāryamaryādaḥ kṛtavarṇāśramastithiḥ| trayyā hi rakṣito lokaḥ prasīdati na sīdati|| —Bk. I, ch. iii. caturvarṇāśrmo loko rājñā daṇḍena pālitaḥ| svadharmakarmābhirato vartate sveṣu vartmasu||

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit