na saṃbhāṣāṃ parastrībhiḥ pratiṣiddhaḥ samācaret) | niṣiddho bhāṣamāṇas) tu suvarṇaṃ daṇḍam arhati) ||
Let no man converse with the wives of others after he has been forbidden (to do so); but he who converses (with them), in spite of a prohibition, shall be fined one suvama.
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kiṃ cid eva tu dāpyaḥ syāt) saṃbhāṣāṃ tābhir ācaran) | praiṣyāsu ca-ekabhaktāsu rahaḥ pravrajitāsu ca || [M.preṣyāsu ]
Yet he who secretly converses with such women, or with female slaves kept by one (master), and with female ascetics, shall be compelled to pay a small fine.
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यो ऽअकामां दूषयेत्) कन्यां स सद्यो वधम् अर्हति) । सकामां दूषयंस्) तुल्यो न वधं प्राप्नुयान्) नरः ॥
yo 'a.kāmāṃ dūṣayet) kanyāṃ sa sadyo vadham arhati) | sa.kāmāṃ dūṣayaṃs) tulyo na vadhaṃ prāpnuyān) naraḥ ||
He who violates an unwilling maiden shall instantly suffer corporal punishment; but a man who enjoys a willing maiden shall not suffer corporal punishment, if (his caste be) the same (as hers).
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kanyām bhajantīm) utkṛṣṭaṃ na kiṃ cid api dāpayet) | jaghanyaṃ sevamānāṃ) tu saṃyatāṃ vāsayed) gṛhe ||
From a maiden who makes advances to a (man of) high (caste), he shall not take any fine; but her, who courts a (man of) low (caste), let him force to live confined in her house.
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A (man of) low (caste) who makes love to a maiden (of) the highest (caste) shall suffer corporal punishment; he who addresses a maiden (of) equal (caste) shall pay the nuptial fee, if her father desires it.
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But if any man through insolence forcibly contaminates a maiden, two of his fingers shall be instantly cut off, and he shall pay a fine of six hundred (paṇas).
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A man (of) equal (caste) who defiles a willing maiden shall not suffer the amputation of his fingers, but shall pay a fine of two hundred (paṇas) in order to deter him from a repetition (of the offence).
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A 6Yidra who has intercourse with a woman | of a twice-born caste (vanza), guarded or unguarded, (shall be punished in the following manner): if she jA was unguarded, he loses the part (offending) and all his property; if she was guarded, everything (even his life).
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(For intercourse with a guarded Brahmam) a Vaiśya shall forfeit all his property after imprisonment for a year; a Kshatriya shall be fined one thousand (paṇas) and be shaved with the urine (of an ass).
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A Brāhmaṇa who carnally knows a guarded Brāhmaṇī against her will, shall be fined one thousand (paṇas); but he shall be made to pay five hundred, if he had connexion with a willing one.
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mauṇḍyaṃ prāṇāntikaṃ daṇḍo brāhmaṇasya vidhīyate) | [M.prāṇāntako][ṃ's com refers to the reading of "prāṇāntika-".] itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ daṇḍaḥ prāṇāntiko bhavet) || [M.prāṇāntako ]
Tonsure (of the head) is ordained for a Brāhmaṇa (instead of) capital punishment; but (men of) other castes shall suffer capital punishment.
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na jātu brāhmaṇaṃ hanyāt) sarvapāpeṣv api sthitam | rāṣṭrād enaṃ bahiḥ kuryāt) samagra.dhanam a.kṣatam ||
Let him never slay a Brāhmaṇa, though he have committed all (possible) crimes; let him banish such an (offender), leaving all his property (to him) and (his body) unhurt.
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वैश्यश् चेत् क्षत्रियां गुप्तां वैश्यां वा क्षत्रियो व्रजेत्) । यो ब्राह्मण्याम् अगुप्तायां ताव् उभौ दण्डम् अर्हतः) ॥
vaiśyaś cet kṣatriyāṃ guptāṃ vaiśyāṃ vā kṣatriyo vrajet) | yo brāhmaṇyām aguptāyāṃ tāv ubhau daṇḍam arhataḥ) ||
If a Vaiśya approaches a guarded female of the Kshatriya caste, or a Kshatriya a (guarded) Vaiiya woman, they both deserve the same punishment as in the case of an unguarded Brāhmaṇa female.
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sahasraṃ brāhmaṇo daṇḍaṃ dāpyo) gupte tu te vrajan) | śūdrāyāṃ kṣatriya.viśoḥ sāhasro vai bhaved) damaḥ || [M.śūdrāyā]
A Brāhmaṇa shall be compelled to pay a fine of one thousand (paṇas) if he has intercourse with guarded (females of) those two (castes); for (offending with) a (guarded).Sudra female a fine of one thousand (paṇas shall be inflicted) on a Kshatriya or a Vaiśya.
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Having shown them due honour, he should, with (the assistance of) Brāhmaṇas, first soothe them by gentle (speech) and afterwards teach them their duty.
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A.SVotriya who does not entertain a virtuous 6rotriya at auspicious festive rites, shall be made to pay him twice (the value of) the meal and a masha of gold (as a fine to the king).
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अन्धो जडः पीठसर्पी सप्तत्या स्थविरश् च यः । श्रोत्रियेषूपकुर्वंश्) च न दाप्याः) केन चित् करम् ॥
andho jaḍaḥ pīṭhasarpī saptatyā sthaviraś ca yaḥ | śrotriyeṣūpakurvaṃś) ca na dāpyāḥ) kena cit karam ||
A blind man, an idiot, (a cripple) who moves with the help of a board, a man full seventy years old, and he who confers benefits on.SVotriyas, shall not be compelled by any (king) to pay a tax. not in the sense of ' order,' but of ' hermitage,' and ' twice-born men' in the sense of 'hermits.'
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श्रोत्रियं व्याधितआर्तौ च बालवृद्धाव् अकिंचनम् । महाकुलीनम् आर्यं च राजा संपूजयेत्) सदा ॥
śrotriyaṃ vyādhita.ārtau ca bāla.vṛddhāv a.kiṃcanam | mahākulīnam āryaṃ ca rājā saṃpūjayet) sadā ||
Let the king always treat kindly a 6rotriya, a sick or distressed man, an infant and an aged or an indigent man, a man of high birth, and an honourable man (Arya).
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शाल्मलीफलके श्लक्ष्णे नेनिज्यान्) नेजकः शनैः । न च वासांसि वासोभिर् निर्हरेन्) न च वासयेत्) ॥
śālmalīphalake ślakṣṇe nenijyān) nejakaḥ śanaiḥ | na ca vāsāṃsi vāsobhir nirharen) na ca vāsayet) ||
A washerman shall wash (the clothes of his employers) gently on a smooth board of.5almaliwood; he shall not return the clothes (of one person) for those (of another), nor allow anybody (but the owner) to wear them.
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A weaver (who has received) ten palas (of thread), shall return (cloth weighing) one pala more; he who acts differently shall be compelled to pay a fine of twelve (pa;zas).
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Let the king take one-twentieth of that (amount) which men, well acquainted with the settlement of tolls and duties (and) skilful in (estimating the value of) all kinds of merchandise, may fix as the value for each saleable commodity.
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Let the king confiscate the whole property of (a trader) who out of greed exports goods of which the king has a monopoly or (the export of which is) forbidden.
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He who avoids a custom-house (or a toll), he who buys or sells at an improper time, or he who makes a false statement in enumerating (his goods), shall be fined eight times (the amount of duty) which he tried to evade.
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Let (the king) fix (the rates for) the purchase and sale of all marketable goods, having (duly) considered whence they come, whither they go, how long they have been kept, the (probable) profit and the (probable) outlay.
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At a ferry an (empty) cart shall be made to pay one paṇas, a mans (load) half a paṇas, an animal and a woman one quarter of a (paṇas), an unloaded man one-half of a quarter.
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Carts (laden) with vessels full (of merchandise) shall be made to pay toll at a ferry according to the value (of the goods), empty vessels and men without luggage some trifle.
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But a Brāhmaṇa who, because he is powerful, out of greed makes initiated (men of the) twice-born (castes) against their will do the work of slaves, shall be fined by the king six hundred (paṇas).
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शूद्रं तु कारयेद्) दास्यं क्रीतम् अक्रीतम् एव वा । दास्याय-एव हि सृष्टो) ऽअसौ ब्राह्मणस्य स्वयंभुवा ॥
śūdraṃ tu kārayed) dāsyaṃ krītam akrītam eva vā | dāsyāya-eva hi sṛṣṭo) 'asau brāhmaṇasya svayaṃbhuvā ||
But a Śudra, whether bought or unbought, he may compel to do servile work; for he was created by the Self-existent (Svayambhu) to be the slave of a Brāhmaṇa.
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There are slaves of seven kinds, (viz.) he who is made a captive under a standard, he who serves for his daily food, he who is born in the house, he who is bought and he who is given, he who is inherited from ancestors, and he who is enslaved by way of punishment.
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भार्या पुत्रश् च दासश् च त्रय एव-अधनाः स्मृताः । यत् ते समधिगच्छन्ति) यस्य ते तस्य तद् धनम् ॥
bhāryā putraś ca dāsaś ca traya eva-a.dhanāḥ smṛtāḥ | yat te samadhigacchanti) yasya te tasya tad dhanam ||
A wife, a son, and a slave, these three are declared to have no property; the wealth which they earn is (acquired) for him to whom they belong. 413.' Whether bought or unbought,' i. e. ' whether maintained in consideration of service or not'
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vaiśya.śūdrau prayatnena svāni karmāṇi kārayet) | tau hi cyutau) svakarmabhyaḥ kṣobhayetām) idaṃ jagat ||
(The king) should carefully compel Vaiśyas and £udras to perform the work (prescribed) for them; for if these two (castes) swerved from their duties, they would throw this (whole) world into confusion.
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अहन्य् अहन्य् अवेक्षेत) कर्मान्तान् वाहनानि च । आयव्ययौ च नियताव् आकरान् कोशम् एव च ॥
ahany ahany avekṣeta) karmāntān vāhanāni ca | āya.vyayau ca niyatāv ākarān kośam eva ca ||
Let him daily look after the completion of his undertakings, his beasts of burden, and carriages, (the collection of) his revenues and the disbursements, his mines and his treasury.
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