Visnu-Smrti (plain text) 8

अथासाक्षिणः

athāsākṣiṇaḥ

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

न राजश्रोत्रियप्रव्रजितकितवतस्करपराधीनस्त्रीबालसाहसिकातिवृद्धमत्तोन्मताभिशस्तपतितक्षुत्तृष्णार्तव्यसनिरागान्धाः

na rājaśrotriyapravrajitakitavataskaraparādhīnastrībālasāhasikātivṛddhamattonmatābhiśastapatitakṣuttṛṣṇārtavyasanirāgāndhāḥ

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

रिपुमित्रार्थसंबन्धिविकर्मदृष्टदोषसहायाश् च

ripumitrārthasaṃbandhivikarmadṛṣṭadoṣasahāyāś ca

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

अनिर्दिष्टस् तु साक्षित्वे यश् चोपेत्य ब्रूयात्

anirdiṣṭas tu sākṣitve yaś copetya brūyāt

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

एकश् चासाक्षी

ekaś cāsākṣī

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

स्तेयसाहसवाग्दण्डपारुष्यसंग्रहणेषु साक्षिणो न परीक्ष्याः

steyasāhasavāgdaṇḍapāruṣyasaṃgrahaṇeṣu sākṣiṇo na parīkṣyāḥ

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

अथ साक्षिणः

atha sākṣiṇaḥ

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

कुलजा वृत्तवित्तसंपन्ना यज्वानस् तपस्विनः पुत्रिणो धर्मज्ञा अधीयानाः सत्यवन्तस् त्रैविद्यवृद्धाश् च

kulajā vṛttavittasaṃpannā yajvānas tapasvinaḥ putriṇo dharmajñā adhīyānāḥ satyavantas traividyavṛddhāś ca

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

अभिहितगुणसंपन्न उभयानुमत एको ऽपि

abhihitaguṇasaṃpanna ubhayānumata eko 'pi

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

द्वयोर् विवदमानयोर् यस्य पूर्ववादस् तस्य साक्षिणः प्रष्टव्याः

dvayor vivadamānayor yasya pūrvavādas tasya sākṣiṇaḥ praṣṭavyāḥ

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

आधर्यं कार्यवशाद् यत्र पूर्वपक्षस्य भवेत् तत्र प्रतिवादिनो ऽपि

ādharyaṃ kāryavaśād yatra pūrvapakṣasya bhavet tatra prativādino 'pi

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

उद्दिष्टसाक्षिणि मृते देशान्तरगते च तदभिहितश्रोतारः प्रमाणम्

uddiṣṭasākṣiṇi mṛte deśāntaragate ca tadabhihitaśrotāraḥ pramāṇam

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

समक्षदर्शनात् साक्षी श्रवणाद् वा

samakṣadarśanāt sākṣī śravaṇād vā

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

साक्षिणश् च सत्येन पूयन्ते

sākṣiṇaś ca satyena pūyante

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

वर्णिनां यत्र वधस् तत्रानृतेन

varṇināṃ yatra vadhas tatrānṛtena

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

तत्पावनाय कूश्माण्डीभिर् द्विजो ऽग्निं घृतेन जुहुयात्

tatpāvanāya kūśmāṇḍībhir dvijo 'gniṃ ghṛtena juhuyāt

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

शूद्र एकाहिकम् गोदशकस्य ग्रासं दद्यात्

śūdra ekāhikam godaśakasya grāsaṃ dadyāt

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

स्वभावविकृतौ मुखवर्णविनाशे ऽसंबद्धप्रलापे च कूटसाक्षिणं विद्यात्

svabhāvavikṛtau mukhavarṇavināśe 'saṃbaddhapralāpe ca kūṭasākṣiṇaṃ vidyāt

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

साक्षिणश् चाहूय आदित्योदये कृतशपथान् पृच्छेत्

sākṣiṇaś cāhūya ādityodaye kṛtaśapathān pṛcchet

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

ब्रूहीति ब्राह्मणं पृच्छेत्

brūhīti brāhmaṇaṃ pṛcchet

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

सत्यं ब्रूहीति राजन्यम्

satyaṃ brūhīti rājanyam

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

गोबीजकाञ्चनैर् वैश्यम्

gobījakāñcanair vaiśyam

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

सर्वमहापातकैस् तु शूद्रम्

sarvamahāpātakais tu śūdram

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

साक्षिणश् च श्रावयेत्

sākṣiṇaś ca śrāvayet

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

ये महापातकिनां लोका ये चोपपातकिनां ते कूटसाक्षिणाम् अपि

ye mahāpātakināṃ lokā ye copapātakināṃ te kūṭasākṣiṇām api

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

जननमरणान्तरे कृतसुकृतहानिश् च

jananamaraṇāntare kṛtasukṛtahāniś ca

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

सत्येनादित्यस् तपति

satyenādityas tapati

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

सत्येन भाति चन्द्रमाः

satyena bhāti candramāḥ

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

सत्येन वाति पवनः

satyena vāti pavanaḥ

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

सत्येन भूर् धारयति

satyena bhūr dhārayati

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

सत्येनापस् तिष्ठन्ति

satyenāpas tiṣṭhanti

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

सत्येनाग्निः

satyenāgniḥ

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

खं च सत्येन

khaṃ ca satyena

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

सत्येन देवाः

satyena devāḥ

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

सत्येन यज्ञाः

satyena yajñāḥ

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

अश्वमेधसहस्रं च सत्यं च तुलया धृतम् । अश्वमेधसहस्राद् धि सत्यम् एव विशिष्यते

aśvamedhasahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtam / aśvamedhasahasrād dhi satyam eva viśiṣyate

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

जानन्तो ऽपि हि ये साक्ष्ये तूष्णींभूता उदासते । ते कूटसाक्षिणां पापैस् तुल्या दण्डेन चाप्य् अथ

jānanto 'pi hi ye sākṣye tūṣṇīṃbhūtā udāsate / te kūṭasākṣiṇāṃ pāpais tulyā daṇḍena cāpy atha

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

एवं हि साक्षिणः पृच्छेद् वर्णानुक्रमतो नृपः

evaṃ hi sākṣiṇaḥ pṛcched varṇānukramato nṛpaḥ

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

यस्योचुः साक्षिणः सत्यां प्रतिज्ञां स जयी भवेत् । अन्यथा वादिनो यस्य ध्रुवस् तस्य पराजयः

yasyocuḥ sākṣiṇaḥ satyāṃ pratijñāṃ sa jayī bhavet / anyathā vādino yasya dhruvas tasya parājayaḥ

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

बहुत्वं प्रतिगृह्णीयात् साक्षिद्वैधे नराधिपः । समेषु च गुणोत्कृष्टान् गुणिद्वैधे द्विजोत्तमान्

bahutvaṃ pratigṛhṇīyāt sākṣidvaidhe narādhipaḥ / sameṣu ca guṇotkṛṣṭān guṇidvaidhe dvijottamān

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

यस्मिन् यस्मिन् विवादे तु कूटसाक्ष्य् अनृतं वदेत् । तत्तत्कार्यं निवर्तेत कृतं चाप्य् अकृतं भवेत्

yasmin yasmin vivāde tu kūṭasākṣy anṛtaṃ vadet / tattatkāryaṃ nivarteta kṛtaṃ cāpy akṛtaṃ bhavet

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