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केशेषु गृह्णतो) हस्तौ छेदयेद्) अविचारयन् । पादयोर् दाढिकायां च ग्रीवायां वृषणेषु च ॥
keśeṣu gṛhṇato) hastau chedayed) avicārayan | pādayor dāḍhikāyāṃ ca grīvāyāṃ vṛṣaṇeṣu ca ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
If he lays hold of the hair (of a superior), a/ let the (king) unhesitatingly cut off his hands, like- wise (if he takes him) by the feet, the beard, the I neck, or the scrotum.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.