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8.344. A king who desires to gain the throne of Indra and imperishable eternal fame, shall not, even for a
moment, neglect (to punish) the man who commits violence.
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8.345. He who commits violence must be considered as the worst offender, (more wicked) than a defamer, than
a thief, and than he who injures (another) with a staff.
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8.346. But that king who pardons the perpetrator of violence quickly perishes and incurs hatred.
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8.347. Neither for friendship’s sake, nor for the sake of great lucre, must a king let go perpetrators of violence,
who cause terror to all creatures.
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8.348. Twice-born men may take up arms when (they are) hindered (in the fulfilment of their duties, when
destruction (threatens) the twice-born castes (varna) in (evil) times,
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8.349. In their own defence, in a strife for the fees of officiating priests, and in order to protect women and
Brahmanas; he who (under such circumstances) kills in the cause of right, commits no sin.
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8.350. One may slay without hesitation an assassin who approaches (with murderous intent), whether (he be
one’s) teacher, a child or an aged man, or a Brahmana deeply versed in the Vedas.
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8.351. By killing an assassin the slayer incurs no guilt, whether (he does it) publicly or secretly; in that case fury
recoils upon fury.
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8.352. Men who commit adultery with the wives of others, the king shall cause to be marked by punishments
which cause terror, and afterwards banish.
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8.353. For by (adultery) is caused a mixture of the castes (varna) among men; thence (follows) sin, which cuts
up even the roots and causes the destruction of everything.
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8.354. A man formerly accused of (such) offences, who secretly converses with another man’s wife, shall pay
the first (or lowest) amercement.