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Manusmriti 8.316

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.316

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Sanskrit

8.316

śāsanād vā vimokṣād vā stenaḥ steyād vimucyate
aśāsitvā tu taṃ rājā stenasyāpnoti kilbiṣam //

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.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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