बार्हस्पत्य सूत्र / अर्थशास्त्र (महर्षि बृहस्पति - प्राचीन दण्डनीति, राजधर्म एवं कूटनीति सटीक)

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28 Let him have festive attire.
29 At the city gate let there be a general stoppage.
30 However, let him not exclude all.
31 Let him honour Itihâsas and Purânas ;
32 And expositions thereof :
33 And the Shâkta scriptures :
34 And the Vaikhânasa scriptures ;
35 And the Sânkhya ;
36 And the Shaiva.
37 As regards all these, let him perform and
require the due study.
38 A Brâhman let him not slay, even if infected
with faults.
39 To the unmerciful [ no ] mercy should be
shown.
40 Let him show respect to village headmen ;
41 Also to city magnates.
42 Let him conciliate even the weak,
43 By largesse much :
44 Not also with little.
45 In the case of excellent persons not in the
order of the plenitude of their merits.
46 Let him play with dice :
47 Also [ Or ] let him not play at all.
48 Serpents and so forth let him slay.

32 'Expositions' : The word paka would seem to be a
synonym for pakti in janapakti, lokapakti 'teaching the people' :
see Shatapatha-Brahmana XI. 5. 7. 1.
33—7 These sutras are perhaps again an insertion : see
Introduction and ad II. 8, III. 9.
39 Or "no mercy (adaya).