Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c37.29

c37.29

"The king when ruling lawfully should take one-sixth of wealth." अन्यत्र ब्राह्मणात् ॥ ४३॥ "Except from the Brahmin". इष्टापूर्तस्य तु, षष्ठमंश भजतीति ह ॥ ४४॥ "For "he divides with him one-sixth share of his virtuous deeds indeed" ब्राह्मणे वेदमाढ्यं करोति ब्राह्मणो आपद् उद्धरति तस्माद्ब्राह्मणो नाद्यः। सोमोऽस्य राजा भवतीति ह ॥ ४५ ॥ "The Brahmin enriches the Veda, the Brahmin rescues from calamity; hence the "Brahmin is not to be taxed. 'Soma becomes his king' (Śatapatha) indeed."