Shatarudra-samhita - Chapter 27 - Verse 25
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · 27 · Verse 25
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Sanskrit Original
क्षत्रस्यायं परो धर्मो क्षताच्च परिरक्षणम् ॥ तस्मिन्कुलोचिते धर्मे नष्टे त्वज्जीवितेन किम् ॥ २५॥
kSatrasyAyaM paro dharmo kSatAcca parirakSaNam ॥ tasminkulocite dharme naSTe tvajjIvitena kim ॥ 25॥
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The greatest duty of a Kṣatriya is the protection from injury. When that virtue hereditarily practised in your family is lost, of what avail is your life?