🪷 Mahābhārata · 3.49.20

Vana-Parva (Āraṇyaka) · The Book of the Forest · Chapter 49 · Verse 20

निकृत्या निकृतिप्रज्ञा हन्तव्या इति निश्चयः न हि नैकृतिकं हत्वा निकृत्या पापम उच्यते
— Mahābhārata 3.49.20 · canonical Devanāgarī Sanskrit yathārtha

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