Shiva Purana

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राज्ञस्तस्य न तत्पापं विद्यते धर्मतस्तव ॥ तस्माद्रक्षेद्द्विजान् साधून्कंटकाद्वै विशोधयेत् ॥४३॥

sanskrit

As it is the duty of a king, you will not be sinning by their destruction. Hence, the good people, brahmins etc shall be saved and the thorns uprooted.

english translation

rAjJastasya na tatpApaM vidyate dharmatastava ॥ tasmAdrakSeddvijAn sAdhUnkaMTakAdvai vizodhayet ॥43॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/144/43

राज्ञस्तस्य न तत्पापं विद्यते धर्मतस्तव ॥ तस्माद्रक्षेद्द्विजान् साधून्कंटकाद्वै विशोधयेत् ॥४३॥

sanskrit

As it is the duty of a king, you will not be sinning by their destruction. Hence, the good people, brahmins etc shall be saved and the thorns uprooted.

english translation

rAjJastasya na tatpApaM vidyate dharmatastava ॥ tasmAdrakSeddvijAn sAdhUnkaMTakAdvai vizodhayet ॥43॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript