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Keshidwaja describes the nature of ignorance, and the benefits of the Yoga or contemplative devotion - Verse 3

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 6 · Verse 7.3

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Sanskrit Original

क्षत्रियाणाम अयं धर्मो यत प्रजापरिपालनम वधश च धर्मयुद्धेन स्वराज्यपरिपन्थिनाम ।।

kṣatriyāṇām ayaṃ dharmo yat prajāparipālanam vadhaś ca dharmayuddhena svarājyaparipanthinām ||

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This is the duty of Kshatriyas: to protect the subjects and to engage in righteous warfare against those who obstruct their sovereignty.