[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.c63.8 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.8 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.8 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.8) ³²⁷ धर्मैकतानाः पुरुषा यदासन्सत्यवादिनः । तदा न व्यवहारोऽभून्न द्वेषो नापि मत्सरः । नष्टे धर्मे मनुष्याणां व्यवहारः प्रवर्तते । द्रष्टा च व्यवहाराणां राजा दण्डधरः स्मृतः ॥ नारद I. 1-2; धर्मप्रधानाः पुरुषाः पूर्वमासन्नहिंसकाः । लोभद्वेषाभिभूतानां व्यवहारः प्रकीर्तितः ॥ बृह. q. by स्मृतिच. II p. 1, व्य. प्र. p. 4. Compare Plato in 'Laws' (Book IV p. 485 of the Random House edition) 'There is a tradition of the happy life of mankind in days when all things were spontaneous and abundant'. - [Previous: v4.c63.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.7) - [Next: v4.c63.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.9) - [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.c63.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.8) · Pramāṇa