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तस्मात् स्वधर्मं भूतानां राजा न व्यभिचारयेत् । स्वधर्मं संदधानो हि प्रेत्य च इह च नन्दति ॥

Hence the king shall never allow people to swerve from their duties; for whoever upholds his own duty, ever adhering to the customs of the Aryas, and following the rules of caste and divisions of religious life, will surely.

english translation

व्यवस्थित आर्य मर्यादः कृत वर्ण आश्रम स्थितिः । त्रय्या अभिरक्षितो लोकः प्रसीदति न सीदति ॥

. be happy both here and hereafter. For the world, when maintained in accordance with injunctions of the triple Vedas, will surely progress, but never perish.

english translation