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Chapter 12.128 - Verse 20

Sanskrit Text

क्षत्रियो वृत्तिसंरोधे कस्य नादातुमर्हति अन्यत्र तापसस्वाच्च ब्राह्मणस्वाच्च भारत

English Translation

When a Kshatriya's means of sustenance are gone, what should he not take excepting what belongs to ascetics and Brahmanas?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

क्षत्रियो | वृत्ति + संरोध | कस्य | न + आदा | अर्हति
अन्यत्र | तापस + स्व + च | ब्राह्मण + स्व + च | भारत