Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c6.20

c6.20

¹ Śānti-parva, LXV, 17—19. The Anuśāsana-parva prohibits Brâhmaṇas from accepting food from Śūdras. See CXXXV, 2—6. The same parva lays down that any one who left his own occupation and followed that of a Śūdra should be considered a Śūdra. (Ibid., 10). For the dialogue between Duryodhana and Yudhiṣṭhira, see Śalya-parva, XXXI, 54—56, also 65.