Kshatriya Brahmana Relation _ Manusmtithi 9:320

Kshatriya Brahmana Relation  _ Manusmtithi 9:320 

क्षत्रस्यातिप्रवृद्धस्य ब्राह्मणान् प्रति सर्वशः ।

ब्रह्मैव संनियन्तृ स्यात् क्षत्रं हि ब्रह्मसम्भवम् ॥ ३२० ॥

kṣatrasyātipravṛddhasya brāhmaṇān prati sarvaśaḥ |

brahmaiva saṃniyantṛ syāt kṣatraṃ hi brahmasambhavam || 320 ||

When the Kṣatriya shall become too over-bearing in every way towards Brāhmaṇas, the Brāhmaṇa himself shall be their restraining influence; as the Kṣatriya has his source in the Brāhmaṇa.—320 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

When a Kṣatriya tries to injure a Brāhmaṇa, ho shall be restrained by the Brāhmaṇas themselves. Being puffed up through wealth-born arrogance, when Kṣatriyas are apt to overstep all bounds of propriety, they are brought back to the right path by Brāhmaṇas, through prayers, offerings and curses.

The reason is—‘Because the Kṣatriya has his source in the Brāhmaṇa.’ The Kṣatriyas were born from the Brāhmaṇa caste.

The question arising—“How can one who is the source of another become his destroyer?”—the answer is supplied by the next verse.—(320)

 Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is found in the Mahābhārata 12.78.28.

This verse is quoted in Vīramitrodaya (Rājantti, p. 152).