Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    Kātyāyana Smṛti

    Chapter 60

    Kātyāyana

    [samayasyānapākarma saṃvidvyatikramo vā]

    samūhināṃ tu yo dharmas tena dharmeṇa te sadā /

    prakuryuḥ sarvakarmāṇi svadharmeṣu vyavasthitāḥ // K_668 //

    avirodhena dharmasya nirgataṃ rājaśāsanam /

    tasyaivācaraṇaṃ pūrvaṃ kartavyaṃ tu nṛpājñayā // K_669 //

    rājapravartitān dharmān yo naro nānupālayet /

    garhyaḥ sa pāpo daṇḍyaś ca lopayan rājaśāsanam // K_670 //

    yuktiyuktaṃ ca yo hanyād vaktur yo 'navakāśadaḥ /

    ayuktaṃ caiva yo brūte sa dāpyaḥ pūrvasāhasam // K_671 //

    sāhasī bhedakārī ca gaṇadravyavināśakaḥ /

    ucchedyāḥ sarva evaite vikhyāpyaivaṃ nṛpe bhṛguḥ // K_672 //

    ekapātre ca vā paṅktyāṃ saṃbhoktā yasya yo bhavet /

    akurvaṃs tat tathā daṇḍyas tasya doṣam adarśayan // K_673 //

    gaṇam uddiśya yat kiṃcit kṛtvarṇaṃ bhakṣitaṃ bhavet /

    ātmārthaṃ viniyuktaṃ vā deyaṃ tair eva tad bhavet // K_674 //

    gaṇānāṃ śreṇivargāṇāṃ gatāḥ syur ye tu madhyatām /

    prāktanasya dhanarṇasya samāṃśāḥ sarva eva te // K_675 //

    tathaiva bhojyavaibhājya- dānadharmakriyāsu ca /

    samūhastho 'ṃśabhāgī syāt pragatas tv aṃśabhāṅ na tu // K_676 //

    yat taiḥ prāptaṃ rakṣitaṃ vā gaṇārthe vā ṛṇaṃ kṛtam /

    rājaprasādalabdhaṃ ca sarveṣām eva tatsamam // K_677 //