[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v4.c63.358 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.358 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.358 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.358) ⁵⁴⁹ केवलं शास्त्रमाश्रित्य न कर्त्तव्यो हि निर्णयः । युक्तिहीनविचारे हि धर्महानिः प्रजायते । चौरोऽचौरः साध्वसाधुर्जायते व्यवहारतः । युक्ति विना विचारेण माण्डव्यश्चौरतां गतः ॥ बृह. q. by व्य. प्र. pp. 13-14, परा. मा. III. p. 39. The स्मृतिच० II. p. 25 quotes a verse of नारद (I. 42) ‘यद्यप्यचोरोपि चोरत्वं चोरश्चायात्यचोरताम् । अचोर-श्चोरतां प्राप्तो माण्डव्यो व्यवहारतः ॥’. Vide note 332 above for other references to माण्डव्य. - [Previous: v4.c63.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.357) - [Next: v4.c63.359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.359) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63) ## Cites (2) - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.358) · Pramāṇa