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शस्त्रं द्विजातिभिर् ग्राह्यं) धर्मो यत्र-उपरुध्यते) । द्विजातीनां च वर्णानां विप्लवे कालकारिते ॥
śastraṃ dvijātibhir grāhyaṃ) dharmo yatra-uparudhyate) | dvijātīnāṃ ca varṇānāṃ viplave kālakārite ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Twice-born men may take up arms when (they are) hindered (in the fulfilment of) their duties, when destruction (threatens) the twice-born castes (vama) in (evil) times,
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.