Dharmasūtra · Chapter 11
rājā sarvasyeṣṭe brāhmanavarjam |
sādhukārī sādhuvādī |
trayyām ānvīkṣikyā vābhivinītaḥ |
śucir jitendriyo guṇavatsahāyopāyasaṃpannaḥ |
samaḥ prajāsu syāt |
hitam āsāṃ kurvīta |
tam uparyāsīnam adhastād upāsīrann anyebrāhmaṇebhyaḥ |
te 'py enaṃ manyeran |
varṇān āśramāṃś ca nyāyato 'bhirakṣet |
calataś caitān svadharme sthāpayet |
dharmasya hy aṃśabhāg bhavatīti |
brāhmanaṃ ca purodadhītavidyābhijanavāgrūpavayaḥśīlasaṃpannaṃ nyāyavṛttaṃ tapasvinam |
tatprasūtaḥ karmāṇi kurvīta |
brahmaprasūtaṃ hi kṣattram ṛdhyate na vyathata iti cavijñāyate |
yāni ca daivotpātacintakāḥ prabrūyus tānyādriyeta |
tadadhīnam api hy eke yogakṣemaṃ pratijānate |
śāntipuṇyāhasvastyayanāyuṣmanmaṅgalasaṃyuktānyābhyudayikāni vidveṣaṇasaṃvananābhicāradviṣadvyṛddhiyuktāni caśālāgnau kuryāt |
yathoktam ṛtvijo 'nyāni |
tasya ca vyavahāro vedo dharmaśāstrāṇy aṅgānyupavedāḥ purāṇam |
deśajātikuladharmāś cāmnāyair aviruddhāḥ pramāṇam |
karṣakavaṇikpaśupālakusīdikāravaḥ sve sve varge |
tebhyo yathādhikāram arthān pratyavahṛtyadharmavyavasthā |
nyāyādhigame tarko 'bhyupāyaḥ |
tenābhyūhya yathāsthānaṃ gamayet |
vipratipattau traividyavṛddhebhyaḥ pratyavahṛtyaniṣṭhāṃ gamayet |
tathā hy asya niḥśreyasaṃ bhavati |
brahma kṣattreṇa saṃpṛktaṃ devapitṛmanuṣyāndhārayatīti vijñāyate |
daṇḍo damanād ity āhus tenādāntān damayet |
varṇāśramāḥ svasvadharmaniṣṭhāḥ pretya karmaphalamanubhūya tataḥ śeṣena viśiṣṭadeśajātikularūpāyuḥśrutacitravittasukhamedhaso |
janma pratipadyante |
viṣvañco viparītā naśyanti |
tān ācāryopadeśo daṇḍaś ca pālayate |
tasmād rājācāryāv anindyāv anindyau |
Original text: Dharmasūtra · Edition: Ganesa Sastrin Gokhale, Pune 1910, (Anandasrama Sanskrit Series, 61); with variants from: The Institutes of Gautama, ed.by A.F. Stenzler, London 1876. · Data entry Nobuyuki Watase · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0