Bhagavata Purana 10.54.40
Srimad Bhagavatam · 54 · Verse 40
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Sanskrit Original
क्षत्रियाणामयं धर्म: प्रजापतिविनिर्मित: । भ्रातापि भ्रातरं हन्याद् येन घोरतमस्तत: ॥ ४० ॥
kṣatriyāṇām ayaṁ dharmaḥ prajāpati-vinirmitaḥ bhrātāpi bhrātaraṁ hanyād yena ghoratamas tataḥ
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[Turning to Rukmiṇī, Balarāma continued:] The code of sacred duty for warriors established by Lord Brahmā enjoins that one may have to kill even his own brother. That is indeed a most dreadful law.