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Mahabharat

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न च तन्नैष्ठिकं कर्म क्षत्रियस्य विशां पते । आहुराश्रमिणः सर्वे यद्भैक्षं क्षत्रियश्चरेत्॥५-७१-३॥

And this is not held to be the settled (naiṣṭhika) duty of a kṣatriya, O lord of the people—so declare all who observe the āśramas—namely, that a kṣatriya should live by begging.

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