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Sanatan Dharma

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Anushasana Parva 23.39

Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 23 · Verse 39

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Sanskrit Original

दातुः प्रतिग्रहीतुश्च धर्माधर्माविमौ शृणु। ब्राह्मणस्यानृतेऽधर्मः प्रोक्तः पातकसंज्ञितः। चतुर्गुणः क्षत्रियस्य वैश्यस्याष्टगुणः स्मृतः॥

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Listen now to me as I explain to you what forms the merits and demerits of both givers and recipients of gifts. A Brahmana violates his duty by uttering an untruth. Such an act on his part is sinful. A Kshatriya perpetrates four fold and a Vaishya eightfold the sin that a Brahmana incurs by uttering an untruth.