Shanti Parva 142.27
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 142 · Verse 27
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Sanskrit Original
यस्त्ववध्यवधे दोषः स वध्यस्यावधे स्मृतः। या चैव खलु मर्यादा यामयं परिवर्जयेत्॥
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The sin of killing a person unworthy of being killed is tantamount to that which is incurred by not killing one who deserves to be killed. Such is the established order of things which a weak-minded king never thinks of attending to.