अवेदयानो) नष्टस्य देशं कालं च तत्त्वतः । वर्णं रूपं प्रमाणं च तत्समं दण्डम् अर्हति ॥
a.vedayāno) naṣṭasya deśaṃ kālaṃ ca tattvataḥ | varṇaṃ rūpaṃ pramāṇaṃ ca tatsamaṃ daṇḍam arhati ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
But if he does not really know the time and the place (where it was) lost, its colour, shape, and size, he is worthy of a fine equal (in value) to the (object claimed).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.