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Sanskrit · Devanagari

शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम्। दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम् ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam dānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam

Valour, glory, Courage, dexterity, not slinking away from battle, gifts, exercise of lordly power, this is the natural duty of Kṣatriyas.

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 16%.