Library·Kautilya: Arthasastra·3·3.13·3.13.1

Kautilya: Arthasastra 3.13.1

KAZ 3.13.1

उदरदासवर्जम् आर्यप्राणम् अप्राप्तव्यवहारं शूद्रं विक्रयआधानं नयतः स्वजनस्य द्वादशपणो दण्डः, वैश्यं द्विगुणः, क्षत्रियं त्रिगुणः, ब्राह्मणं चतुर्गुणः ॥

udara.dāsa.varjam ārya.prāṇam aprāpta.vyavahāraṃ śūdraṃ vikraya.ādhānaṃ nayataḥ sva.janasya dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ, vaiśyaṃ dvi.guṇaḥ, kṣatriyaṃ tri.guṇaḥ, brāhmaṇaṃ catur.guṇaḥ //

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

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