Arthashastra

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तस्माद् उद्यतेष्व् अपि शस्त्रेषु यथा उक्तं वक्तारो दूताः ॥

sanskrit

hence messengers who, in the face of weapons raised against them, have to express their mission as exactly as they are entrusted with do not, though outcasts, deserve death.

english translation

tasmAd udyateSv api zastreSu yathA uktaM vaktAro dUtAH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/vinayadhikarika/16/14

तस्माद् उद्यतेष्व् अपि शस्त्रेषु यथा उक्तं वक्तारो दूताः ॥

sanskrit

hence messengers who, in the face of weapons raised against them, have to express their mission as exactly as they are entrusted with do not, though outcasts, deserve death.

english translation

tasmAd udyateSv api zastreSu yathA uktaM vaktAro dUtAH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript