बार्हस्पत्य सूत्र / अर्थशास्त्र (महर्षि बृहस्पति - प्राचीन दण्डनीति, राजधर्म एवं कूटनीति सटीक)

( 17 ) 28 Let him have festive attire. 29 At the city gate let there be a general stoppage. 30 However, let him not exclude all. 31 Let him honour Itihâsas and Purânas ; 32 And expositions thereof : 33 And the Shâkta scriptures : 34 And the Vaikhânasa scriptures ; 35 And the Sânkhya ; 36 And the Shaiva. 37 As regards all these, let him perform and require the due study. 38 A Brâhman let him not slay, even if infected with faults. 39 To the unmerciful [ no ] mercy should be shown. 40 Let him show respect to village headmen ; 41 Also to city magnates. 42 Let him conciliate even the weak, 43 By largesse much : 44 Not also with little. 45 In the case of excellent persons not in the order of the plenitude of their merits. 46 Let him play with dice : 47 Also [ Or ] let him not play at all. 48 Serpents and so forth let him slay.

32 'Expositions' : The word paka would seem to be a synonym for pakti in janapakti, lokapakti 'teaching the people' : see Shatapatha-Brahmana XI. 5. 7. 1. 33—7 These sutras are perhaps again an insertion : see Introduction and ad II. 8, III. 9. 39 Or "no mercy (adaya).