Shiva Purana

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अहं राजा भवांश्चौरः कथं युद्धप्रयुक्तता ॥ युद्धं मे सबलैः कार्यं नाधमैर्हि कदाचन ॥ २२ ॥

sanskrit

I am a king. You are a thief. How can a war be pursued? I must fight with people equal in strength to me, never with base people.

english translation

ahaM rAjA bhavAMzcauraH kathaM yuddhaprayuktatA ॥ yuddhaM me sabalaiH kAryaM nAdhamairhi kadAcana ॥ 22 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/saturda-samhita/40/22

अहं राजा भवांश्चौरः कथं युद्धप्रयुक्तता ॥ युद्धं मे सबलैः कार्यं नाधमैर्हि कदाचन ॥ २२ ॥

sanskrit

I am a king. You are a thief. How can a war be pursued? I must fight with people equal in strength to me, never with base people.

english translation

ahaM rAjA bhavAMzcauraH kathaM yuddhaprayuktatA ॥ yuddhaM me sabalaiH kAryaM nAdhamairhi kadAcana ॥ 22 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript