Status in an honor culture, ironically, seems to be about how much you can cheat
The gods are seen to favor you in proportion to how much cheating they let you get away with.
This is a big theme in the Mahabharata. 90% of the cheating in it is by the god-favored ‘good guys’.
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Equally notably, the villains of the story, the Kauravas, also have a sociopath uncle, Sakuni, who also suggests rule breaks. But he’s not God incarnate so he can’t get away with it. He’s actually what would today be called an Afghan warlord (king of Gandhara/Kandahar)
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The verse in question is Gita 4.7-4.8https://www.quora.com/What-do-the-verses-beginning-with-Yada-yada-hi-dharmasya-from-the-Bhagavad-Gita-chapter-4-verses-7-8-mean …
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