kṣetreṣv anyeṣu tu paśuḥ sa.pādaṃ paṇam arhati) | sarvatra tu sado deyaḥ) kṣetrikasya-iti dhāraṇā ||
(For damage) in other fields (each head of) cattle shall (pay a fine of) one (paṇas) and a quarter, and in all (cases the value of) the crop (destroyed) shall be made good to the owner of the field; that is the settled rule.
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But Manu has declared that no fine shall be paid for (damage done by) a cow within ten days after her calving, by bulls and by cattle sacred to the gods, whether they are attended by a herdsman or not.
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kṣetriyasya-atyaye daṇḍo bhāgād daśaguṇo bhavet) | [M.kṣetrikasya-atyaye] tato 'ardhadaṇḍo bhṛtyānām ajñānāt kṣetrikasya tu ||
If (the crops are destroyed by) the husbandman's (own) fault, the fine shall amount to ten times as much as (the king's) share; but the fine (shall be) only half that amount if (the fault lay) with the servants and the farmer had no knowledge of it. 240-242.
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If a dispute has arisen between two villages concerning a boundary, the king shall settle the limits in the month of Gyaish/^a, when the landmarks are most distinctly visible.
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गुल्मान् वेणूंश् च विविधान् शमीवल्लीस्थलानि च । शरान् कुब्जकगुल्मांश् च तथा सीमा न नश्यति) ॥
gulmān veṇūṃś ca vividhān śamī.vallī.sthalāni ca | śarān kubjakagulmāṃś ca tathā sīmā na naśyati) ||
By clustering shrubs, bamboos of different kinds, 6amis, creepers and raised mounds, reeds, thickets of Kub^aka; thus the boundary will not be forgotten.
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And whatever other things of a similar kind the earth does not corrode even after a long time, those he should cause to be buried where one boundary joins (the other).
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एतैर् लिङ्गैर् नयेत्) सीमां राजा विवदमानयोः । पूर्वभुक्त्या च सततम् उदकस्य-आगमेन च ॥
etair liṅgair nayet) sīmāṃ rājā vivadamānayoḥ | pūrvabhuktyā ca satatam udakasya-āgamena ca ||
By these signs, by long continued possession, and by constantly flowing streams of water the king shall ascertain the boundary (of the land) of two disputing parties.
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The witnesses, (giving evidence) regarding a boundary, shall be examined concerning the landmarks in the presence of the crowd of the villagers and also of the two litigants.
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शिरोभिस् ते गृहीत्वा)-उर्वीं स्रग्विणो रक्तवाससः । सुकृतैः शापिथाः स्वैः स्वैर् नयेयुस्) ते समञ्जसम् ॥
śirobhis te gṛhītvā)-urvīṃ sragviṇo rakta.vāsasaḥ | sukṛtaiḥ śāpithāḥ svaiḥ svair nayeyus) te samañjasam ||
Let them, putting earth on their heads, wearing chaplets (of red flowers) and red dresses, being sworn each by (the rewards for) his meritorious deeds, settle (the boundary) in accordance with the truth.
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On failure of witnesses (from the two villages, men of) the four neighbouring villages, who are pure, shall make (as witnesses) a decision concerning the boundary in the presence of the king.
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On failure of neighbours (who are) original inhabitants (of the country and can be) witnesses with respect to the boundary, (the king) may hear the evidence even of the following inhabitants of the forest,
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ते पृष्टास्) तु यथा ब्रूयुः) सीमासंधिषु लक्षणम् । तत् तथा स्थापयेद्) राजा धर्मेण ग्रामयोर् द्वयोः ॥
te pṛṣṭās) tu yathā brūyuḥ) sīmāsaṃdhiṣu lakṣaṇam | tat tathā sthāpayed) rājā dharmeṇa grāmayor dvayoḥ ||
As they, being examined, declare the marks for the meeting of the boundaries (to be), even so the king shall justly cause them to be fixed between the two villages.
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श्रुतं देशं च जातिं च कर्म शरीरम् एव च । वितथेन ब्रुवन्) दर्पाद् दाप्यः स्याद्) द्विशतं दमम् ॥
śrutaṃ deśaṃ ca jātiṃ ca karma śarīram eva ca | vitathena bruvan) darpād dāpyaḥ syād) dviśataṃ damam ||
He who through arrogance makes false statements regarding the learning (of a caste-fellow), his country, his caste (^ati), or the rites by which his body was sanctified, shall be compelled to pay a fine of two hundred (paṇas).
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He who even in accordance with the true facts (contemptuously) calls another man one-eyed, lame, or the like (names), shall be fined at least one karshapa;za.
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He who defames his mother, his father, his wife, his brother, his son, or his teacher, and he who gives not the way to his preceptor, shall be compelled to pay one hundred (paṇas).
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If out of arrogance he spits (on a superior), the king shall cause both his lips to be cut off; if he urines (on him), the penis; if he breaks wind (against him), the anus.
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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 ||
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.
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tvagbhedakaḥ śataṃ daṇḍyo) lohitasya ca darśakaḥ | māṃsabhettā tu ṣaṭ.niṣkān pravāsyas) tv asthibhedakaḥ ||
He who breaks the skin (of an equal) or fetches blood (from him) shall be fined one hundred (paṇas), he who cuts a muscle six nishkas, he who breaks a bone shall be banished.
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मनुष्याणां पशूनां च दुःखाय प्रहृते) सति । यथा यथा महद् दुःखं दण्डं कुर्यात्) तथा तथा ॥
manuṣyāṇāṃ paśūnāṃ ca duḥkhāya prahṛte) sati | yathā yathā mahad duḥkhaṃ daṇḍaṃ kuryāt) tathā tathā ||
If a blow is struck against men or animals in order to (give them) pain, (the judge) shall inflict a fine in proportion to the amount of pain (caused).
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If a limb is injured, a wound (is caused), or blood (flows, the assailant) shall be made to pay (to the sufferer) the expenses of the cure, or the whole (both the usual amercement and the expenses of the cure as a) fine (to the king).
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If a man is killed, his guilt will be at once the same as (that of) a thief; for large animals such as cows, elephants, camels or horses, half of that.
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यो ऽअरक्षन्) बलिम् आदत्ते) करं शुल्कं च पार्थिवः । प्रतिभागं च दण्डं च स सद्यो नरकं व्रजेत्) ॥
yo 'a.rakṣan) balim ādatte) karaṃ śulkaṃ ca pārthivaḥ | pratibhāgaṃ ca daṇḍaṃ ca sa sadyo narakaṃ vrajet) ||
A king who does not afford protection, (yet) takes his share in kind, his taxes, tolls and duties, daily presents and fines, will (after death) soon sink into hell. 303-311.
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They declare that a king who affords no protection, (yet) receives the sixth part of the produce, takes upon himself all the foulness of his whole people.
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Know that a king who heeds not the rules (of the' law), who is an atheist, and rapacious, who does not protect (his subjects, but) devours them, will sink low (after death).
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Whether he be punished or pardoned, the thief is freed from the (guilt of) theft; but the king, if he punishes not, takes upon himself the guilt of the thief. ^jt
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अन्नादे भ्रूणहा मार्ष्टि) पत्यौ भार्या-अपचारिणी । गुरौ शिष्यश् च याज्यश् च स्तेनो राजनि किल्बिषम् ॥
annāde bhrūṇahā mārṣṭi) patyau bhāryā-apacāriṇī | gurau śiṣyaś ca yājyaś ca steno rājani kilbiṣam ||
The killer of a learned Brāhmaṇa throws his guilt on him who eats his food, an adulterous h wife on her (negligent) husband, a (sinning) pupil or. < sacrificer on (their negligent) teacher (or priest), a J thief on the king (who pardons him).
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dhānyaṃ daśabhyaḥ kumbhebhyo harato) 'abhyadhikaṃ vadhaḥ | śeṣe 'apy ekādaśaguṇaṃ dāpyas) tasya ca tad dhanam ||
On him who steals more than ten kumbhas of grain corporal punishment (shall be inflicted); in other cases he shall be fined eleven times as much, and shall pay to the (owner the value of his) property.
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So shall corporal punishment be inflicted for stealing more than a hundred (palas) of articles sold by the weight, (i. e.) of gold, silver, and so forth, and of most excellent clothes.
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pañcāśatas tv abhyadhike hastacchedanam iṣyate) | śeṣe tv ekādaśaguṇaṃ mūlyād daṇḍaṃ prakalpayet) ||
For (stealing) more than fifty (palas) it is enacted that the hands (of the offender) shall be cut off; but in other cases, let him inflict a fine of eleven times the value.
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महापशूनां हरणे शस्त्राणाम् औषधस्य च । कालम् आसाद्य) कार्यं च दण्डं राजा प्रकल्पयेत्) ॥
mahāpaśūnāṃ haraṇe śastrāṇām auṣadhasya ca | kālam āsādya) kāryaṃ ca daṇḍaṃ rājā prakalpayet) ||
For stealing large animals, weapons, or medicines, let the king fix a punishment, after considering the time and the purpose (for which they were destined). 'One masha/ i.e. 'of copper'
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For (stealing) cows belonging to Brāhmaṇas, W for piercing (the nostrils of) a barren cow, and for V stealing (other) cattle (belonging to Brāhmaṇas, the \\ offender) shall forthwith lose half his feet.
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अन्येषां च-एवमादीनां मद्यानाम् ओदनस्य च । [म्च-एवमादीनाम् अद्यानाम्] पक्वान्नानां च सर्वेषां तन्मुल्याद् द्विगुणो दमः ॥
anyeṣāṃ ca-evam.ādīnāṃ madyānām odanasya ca | [M.ca-evamādīnām adyānām] pakvānnānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ tanmulyād dviguṇo damaḥ ||
Or other things of a similar kind, spirituous liquor, boiled rice, and every kind of cooked food, the fine (shall be) twice the value (of the stolen article).
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For flowers, green corn, shrubs, creepers, trees, and other unhusked (grain) the fine (shall be) five kṛṣṇalas. weapons were stolen during a combat, or medicines from a very sick man'
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For husked grain, vegetables, roots, and fruit the fine (shall be) one hundred (paṇas) if there is no connexion (between the owner and the thief), fifty (paṇas) if such a connexion exists.
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syāt sāhasaṃ tv anvayavat prasabhaṃ karma yat kṛtam | niranvayaṃ bhavet) steyaṃ hṛtvā)-apavyayate) ca yat ||
An offence (of this description), which is committed in the presence (of the owner) and with violence, will be robbery; if (it is committed) in his absence, it will be theft; likewise if (the possession of) anything is denied after it has been taken.
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yas tv etāny upakḷptāni) dravyāṇi stenayen) naraḥ | tam ādyaṃ daṇḍayed) rājā yaś cāgniṃ corayed) gṛhāt || [M.taṃ śataṃ]
On that man who may steal (any of) the above-mentioned articles, when they are prepared for (use), let the king inflict the first (or lowest) amercement; likewise on him who may steal (a sacred) fire out of the room (in which it is kept).
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yena yena yathāṅgena steno nṛṣu viceṣṭate) | tat tad eva haret) tasya pratyādeśāya pārthivaḥ ||
With whatever limb a thief in any way commits (an offence) against men, even of that (the king) shall deprive him in order to prevent (a repetition of the crime). (grain),' instead of anyeshu, ' other.' ' Five knsrmalas/ i. e. of gold'
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Neither a father, nor a teacher, nor a friend, nor a mother, nor a wife, nor a son, nor a domestic priest must be left unpunished by a king, if they do not keep within their duty.
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A Brāhmaṇa, seeking to obtain property from a man who took what was not given to him, either by sacrificing for him or by teaching him, is even like a thief.
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dvijo 'adhvagaḥ kṣīṇa.vṛttir dvāv ikṣū dve ca mūlake | ādadānaḥ) parakṣetrāt-na daṇḍaṃ dātum arhati) ||
A twice-born man, who is travelling and whose provisions are exhausted, shall not be fined, if he takes two stalks of sugar-cane or two (esculent) roots from the field of another man.
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असंदितानां संदाता संदितानां च मोक्षकः । दासअश्वरथहर्ता च प्राप्तः स्याच्) चोरकिल्बिषम् ॥
a.saṃditānāṃ saṃdātā saṃditānāṃ ca mokṣakaḥ | dāsa.aśva.rathahartā ca prāptaḥ syāc) corakilbiṣam ||
He who ties up unbound or sets free tied up (cattle of other men), he who takes a slave, a horse, or a carriage will have incurred the guilt of a thief.
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A king who desires to gain the throne of Indra and imperishable eternal fame, shall not, even for a moment, neglect (to punish) the man who commits violence.
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He who commits violence must be considered as the worst offender, (more wicked) than a defamer, than a thief, and than he who injures (another) with a staff.
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Twice-born men may take up arms when (they are) hindered (in the fulfilment of) their duties, when destruction (threatens) the twice-born castes (vama) in (evil) times,
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One may slay without hesitation an assassin who approaches (with murderous intent), whether (he be one's) teacher, a child or an aged man, or a Brāhmaṇa deeply versed in the Vedas.
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Men who commit adultery with the wives of I' I'' others, the king shall cause to be marked by punishments which cause terror, and afterwards banish. ^K f JL/
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For by (adultery) is caused a mixture of the I ' castes (vanza) among men; thence (follows) sin,, which cuts up even the roots and causes the destruction of everything.
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यस् त्व् अनाक्षारितः पूर्वम् अभिभाषते) कारणात् । न दोषं प्राप्नुयात्) किं चिन् न हि तस्य व्यतिक्रमः ॥
yas tv an.ākṣāritaḥ pūrvam abhibhāṣate) kāraṇāt | na doṣaṃ prāpnuyāt) kiṃ cin na hi tasya vyatikramaḥ ||
But a man, not before accused, who (thus) speaks with (a woman) for some (reasonable) cause, shall not incur any guilt, since in him there is no transgression.
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परस्त्रियं यो ऽअभिवदेत्) तीर्थे ऽअरण्ये वने ऽअपि वा । नदीनां वा-अपि संभेदे स संग्रहणम् आप्नुयात्) ॥
parastriyaṃ yo 'abhivadet) tīrthe 'araṇye vane 'api vā | nadīnāṃ vā-api saṃbhede sa saṃgrahaṇam āpnuyāt) ||
He who addresses the wife of another man at a Tirtha, outside the village, in a forest, or at the confluence of rivers, shall suffer (the punishment for) adulterous acts (saṃgrahaṇa).
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Offering presents (to a woman), romping (with her), touching her ornaments and dress, sitting with her on a bed, all (these acts) are considered adulterous acts (saṃgrahaṇa).
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If one touches a woman in a place (which ought) not (to be touched) or allows (oneself to be touched in such a spot), all (such acts done) with mutual consent are declared (to be) adulterous (sa//zgraha/za).
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A man who is not a Brāhmaṇa ought to suffer death for adultery (saṃgrahaṇa); for the wives of all the four castes even must always be (|_ carefully guarded.
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Mendicants, bards, men who have performed the initiatory ceremony of a Vedic sacrifice, and artisans are not prohibited from speaking to married women.
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