Hearing it, consider what should be done, in consultation with the priests and those wise men who know what practices are allowable in the time of emergency and distress. Forget not the ordinary course of social conduct."
श्रुत्वा तं प्रतिपद्यस्व प्राज्ञैः सह पुरोहितैः। आपद्धर्मार्थकुशलैर्लोकतन्त्रमवेक्ष्य च॥