Matsya Purana 227: adhyāyaḥ 227
Matsyapurāṇa 227
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adhyāyaḥ 227
227.1
rājadharmavarṇane daṇḍavidhānavarṇanam.
Matsya said :—One who has misappropriated anything placed under his custody should be fined by a king which should be equivalent to the value of the thing misappropriated. A king will not thereby lose his religion.—1
227.2
matsya uvāca.
nikṣepyasya samaṃ mūlyaṃ daṇḍye nikṣepabhuk tathā.
vasrādikasamastasya tadā dharmo na hīyate .. 227.1 ..
227.3
yo nikṣepaṃ nārpayati yaścānikṣepya yācate.
tāvubhau coravacchāsyau dāpyau vā dviguṇandhanam .. 227.2 ..
One who does not return anything placed in his custody to the person who placed it with him, and one who mischievously asks for a thing from a person on the mere allegation of having placed it in his custody, are both guilty and should be punished for theft or fined twice as much the amount of the value of the thing placed in custody.—2
227.4
upadhābhiśca yaḥ kaścitparadravyaṃ harennaraḥ.
sa sahāyaḥ sa hantavyaḥ prakāmaṃ vividhairvadhaiḥ .. 227.3 ..
One who defrauds another of any valuable thing should be punished with death along with his accomplices or should be sentenced rigorously as the king considers fit.—3
227.5
yo yācitaṃ samādāya na taddadyādyathākramam.
na nigṛhya balāddāpyo daṇḍyo vā pūrvasāhasam .. 227.4 ..
One who does not return a thing within a promised time which he took as a loan from another person should be chastised and forcibly made by Purva Sâhasa to return it to its owner and fined by the sovereign.—4
227.6
ajñānādyadi vā kuryātparadravyasya vikrayam.
nirdoṣo jñānapūrvantu coravadvadhamarhati .. 227.5 ..
One who sells away the property of another through oversight is not guilty but one who does so knowingly should be punished for theft.—5
227.7
mūlyamādāya yo vidyāṃ śilpaṃ vā na prayacchati.
daṇḍyaḥ samūlyaṃ sakalaṃ dharmajñena mahīkṣitā .. 227.6 ..
One who does not impart knowledge or mechanical training to his students after having received his fee for the same should be fined the whole amount of his wages.—6
227.8
dvijabhojye tu samprāpte prativeśmamabhojayan.
hiraṇyamāṣakaṃ daḍyaḥ pāpe nāsti vyatikramaḥ .. 227.7 ..
One who does not feed his neighbour and Brâhmaṇas earns sin instead of virtue and he should be fined also one maṣâ gold but if he omits to invite any sinful Brâhmaṇa he is not guilty. If a Brâhmaṇa be invited to join a feast and when he has come to the house of one who invited him and is made to go back without any food and without any due cause, then the invitor should be fined 108 Damas.—7-8
227.9
āmantrito dvijo yastu vartamānaśca sve gṛhe.
niṣkāraṇaṃ na gacchedyaḥ sa dāpyo'ṣṭaśataṃ damam .. 227.8 ..
227.10
pratiśrutyā pradātāraṃ suvarṇaṃ daṇḍayennṛpaḥ.
bhṛtyaścājñāṃ na kuryādyo darpātkarma yathoditam .. 227.9 ..
One who does not confer a promised gift on some one should be fined of gold. A disobedient servant should be fined 8 rattis of gold along with his unpaid wages. The master who does not pay his servant at the right time and dismisses him without a fair cause, should be fined 100 Krisnalas. One who promises to give away a village country or grain fields etc. and afterwards goes back upon his word and tells false should be banished from his kingdom by a sovereign. If anyone does not pay or get balance of the value of a thing that he bought or sold within ten days of the bargain then the seller or purchaser should be fined six hundred Krisnalas by the king.—9-13
227.11
sa daṇḍyaḥ kṛṣmalānyaṣṭau na deyañcāsya vetanam.
saṃgṛhītaṃ na dadyādyaḥ kāle vetanameva ca .. 227.10 ..
227.12
akāle tu tyajet bhṛtyaṃ daṇḍyaḥ syācchatameva ca.
yo grāmadeśasasyānāṃ kṛtvā satyena samvidam .. 227.11 ..
227.13
visamvadennaro lobhāt taṃ rāṣṭrādvipra vāsayet.
krītvā vikrayavān kiñcit yasyehānuśayo bhavet .. 227.12 ..
227.14
so'ntardaśāhāttatsāmyandadyāccaivādadīta vā.
pareṇa tu daśāhasya na dadyānnaiva dāpayet .. 227.13 ..
227.15
ādadanvidadaṃścaiva rājñā daṇḍyaḥ śatāni ṣaṭ.
yastu doṣavatīṃ kanyāmanākhyāya prayacchati .. 227.14 ..
One who marries a girl to another without telling her faults should be fined 96 Panas and one who mischievously and falsely declares a girl to be not good (a eunuch) should be fined 100 Panas. One who shows one girl and then marries a different one should be fined 1080 Panas (Uttam Sâhasa fine). The man who hiding his faults marries a girl is considered not to have married at all and should pay 200 Panas to the king. A man who weds his daughter to one and then again marries her to another should be fined 1080 Panas (Uttam Sâhasa fine). Similarly one who sells a thing to another after promising to sell it to some party falls from his position If he does so knowingly he becomes of that caste himself—55
227.16
tasya kuryānnṛpo daṇḍaṃ svayaṃ ṣaṇṇavatiṃ paṇān.
akanyaiveti yaḥ kanyāṃ brūyāddoṣeṇamānavaḥ .. 227.15 ..
227.17
sa śataṃ prāpnuyāddaṇḍaṃ tasyā doṣamadarśayan.
yastvanyāṃ darśayitvānyāṃ voḍhuḥ kanyāṃ prayacchati .. 227.16 ..
227.18
uttamantasya kurvīta rājā daṇḍaṃ tu sāhasam.
varo doṣānanākhyāya yaḥ kanyā varayediha .. 227.17 ..
227.19
dattāpyadattā sā tasya rājñā daḍyaḥ śatadvayam.
pradāya kanyāṃ yo'nyasmai punastāṃsāṃ prayacchati .. 227.18 ..
227.20
daṇḍaḥ kāryo narendreṇa tasyāpyuttama sāhasaḥ.
tatprakāreṇa vā vācā yuktaṃ paṇyamasaṃśayam .. 227.19 ..
227.21
lubdhohyanyatra vikretā ṣaṭśataṃ daṇḍamarhati.
duhituḥ śuklavikretā satyaṃ kārāttu santyajet .. 227.20 ..
227.22
dviguṇaṃ daṇḍayedenamiti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ.
mūlyaikadeśaṃ datvā tu yadi kretā dhanantyajet .. 227.21 ..
227.23
sa daṇḍyo madhyamaṃ daṇḍaṃ tasya paṇyasya mokṣaṇam.
duhyāddhenuñca yaḥ pālo gṛhītvā bhaktavetanam .. 227.22 ..
227.24
sa tu daṇḍyaḥ śataṃ rājñā suvarṇañcāpyarakṣitā.
daṇḍaṃ datvā tu viramet svāmitaḥ kṛtalakṣaṇaḥ .. 227.23 ..
227.25
baddhaḥ kārṣṇāyasaiḥ pāśaistasya karmakaro bhavet.
dhanuḥ śataparīṇāho grāmasya tu samantataḥ .. 227.24 ..
227.26
dviguṇaṃ triguṇaṃ vāpi nagarasya tu kalpayet.
vṛttiṃ tatra prakurvīta yāmuṣṭro nāvalokayet .. 227.25 ..
227.27
chidraṃ vā vārayetsarvaṃ śvasūkaramukhānugam.
yatrāparikṛtaṃ dhānyaṃ vihiṃstuḥ paśavo yadi .. 227.26 ..
227.28
na tatra kārayeddaṇḍaṃ nṛpatiḥ paśurakṣiṇe.
anirdaśāhādgāṃ sūtāṃ vṛṣaṃ devapaśuṃ tathā.. 227.27 ..
227.29
chidraṃ vā vārayetsarvaṃ na daṇḍyā manurabravīt.
ato'nyathā vinaṣṭasya daśāṃśaṃ daṇḍamarhati .. 227.28 ..
227.30
pālyasya pālaka svāmī vināśe kṣatriyasya tu.
bhakṣayitvopaviṣṭastu dviguṇaṃ daṇḍamarhati .. 227.29 ..
227.31
viśaṃ daṇḍyāddaśaguṇaṃ vināśe kṣatriyasya tu.
gṛhaṃ taḍāgamārāmaṃ kṣetraṃ vāpi samāharan .. 227.30 ..
227.32
śatāni pañcadaṇḍaḥ syādajñānād dviśatodamaḥ.
sīmā bandhanakāle tu sīmāntaṃ yo hi kārayet .. 227.31 ..
227.33
teṣāṃ saṃjñāṃ dadānastu jihvācchedanamāpnuyāt.
athaināmapi yo dadyāt saṃvidaṃ vādhigacchati .. 227.32 ..
227.34
uttamaṃ sāhasaṃ daṃḍyaḥ iti svāyambhuvo'bravīt.
varṇānāmānupūrvyeṇa trayāṇāmaviśeṣataḥ .. 227.33 ..
227.35
akāryakāriṇaḥ sarvān prāyaścittāni kārayet.
asatyena pramāpya strī śūdrahatyā vrataṃ caret .. 227.34 ..
227.36
dānena ca dhanenaikaṃ sarpādīnāmaśaknuvan.
ekaikaṃ sa caretkṛcchraṃ dvijaḥ pāpāpanuttaye.. 227.35 ..
227.37
phaladānāñca vṛkṣāṇāṃ chedane japyamṛkśatam.
gulmavallī latānāñca puṣpitānāñca vīrudhām .. 227.36 ..
227.38
asthimatāñca satvānāṃ sahasrasya pramāpaṇe.
pūrṇevānasya vasthātuṃ śūdrahatyā vratañcaret .. 227.37 ..
If a Kṣatriya abuses a Vaiśya he would be fined 50 Panas, and if he abuses a Sudra he should be fined 25 Panas ! If a Śuudra abu To purify himself of such a sin one should observe the Śūdrahatyā ordinance and should also make some gift to a Brâhmaṇa in case of killing animals having bones. One becomes purified of the sin of killing boneless insects, etc., merely by Prâṇâyâma.—37-38
227.39
kiñciddeyañca satvānāṃ sahasrasya pramāpaṇe.
anasnyāñcaiva hiṃsāyāṃ prāṇāyāmairviśudhyati .. 227.38 ..
227.40
annādijānāṃ satvānāṃ rasajānāñca sarvaśaḥ.
phalapuṣpodgatānāñca ghṛtaprāśo viśodhanam .. 227.39 ..
The sin of killing the worms existing in grains, molasses and fruits and flowers is purified by eating clarified butter.—39
227.41
kṛṣṭānāmoṣadhīnāñca jātānāñca svayaṃ vane.
vṛthācchedena gaccheta dinamekaṃ payovratī .. 227.40 ..
By cutting the medicinal herbs of a jungle without any necessity one commits a sin of which he is purified by living on milk for a day.—40
227.42
etairvratairapohyaṃ syādeno hiṃsā samudbhavam.
steyakartrapahartṝṇāṃ śrūyatāṃ vratamuttamam .. 227.41 ..
Such sins are cleansed by the observance of the ordinances mentioned above, now the ordinances which ought to be observed by a thief will be enumerated.—41
227.43
dhānyānna dhanacauryāṇi kṛtvā kāmaṃ dvijottamaḥ.
sajātīyagṛhādeva kṛcchrārddhena viśudhyati .. 227.42 ..
By observing the Ardha-kṛichhra ordinance a Brâhmaṇa becomes purified of the sin of having committed a theft of corn, money, etc., in the house of another of his own caste.—42
227.44
manuṣyāṇāntu haraṇe strīṇāṃ kṣetragṛhasya tu.
kūpavāpījalānāntu śuddhiścāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam .. 227.43 ..
By observing Chândrâyaṇa one is purified of the sin of having taken a woman, house, well, tank, etc., belonging to another.—43
227.45
dravyāṇāmalpasārāṇāṃ steyaṃ kṛtvānya veśmataḥ.
caretsāntapanaṃ kṛcchrantanniryātya viśuddhaye .. 227.44 ..
A man who steals trifles is purified by the observance of Saṃvapana Kṛichhra ordinance.—44
227.46
bhakṣyabhojyāpaharaṇe yānaśayyāsanasya tu.
puṣpamūlaphalānāntu pañcagavyaṃ viśodhanam .. 227.45 ..
The stealing of eatables, conveyance, bedstead, flowers, berries, and fruits is purified by drinking Pañchagavya.—45
227.47
tṛṇakāṣṭhadrumāṇāntu śuṣkānnasya guḍasya ca.
cailacarmāmiṣāṇāntu trirātraṃ syādabhojanam .. 227.46 ..
One who steals hay, wood, tree, dried corn, molasses, cloth, hide, fish and flesh becomes purified by keeping a fast for three days.—46-47
227.48
maṇimuktāpravālānāṃ tāmrasya rajatasya ca.
ayaḥ kāṃsyopalānāñca dvādaśāhaṃ kaṇānnabhuk .. 227.47 ..
One who steals pearls, gems, Prabâla, copper, silver, iron, Kâṃsya and stones becomes purified if one eats for twelve days the refuse of rice. A thief of cotton, silk, animals of bisected hoofs, horses, birds, scents, medicines, rope, becomes purified by living on milk for three days.—48
227.49
kārpāsakīṭavarṇānāṃ dviśaphaika śaphasya ca.
pakṣigandhauṣadhānāñca rajvāścaiva tryahaṃ payaḥ .. 227.48 ..
227.50
etairvratairapohanti pāpaṃ steyakṛtaṃ dvijaḥ.
agamyāgamanīyantu vratairebhirapānudet .. 227.49 ..
The ordinance mentioned above purify the twice-born ones of the sin of committing a theft, now the ordinances for the purification of illicit connections will be enumerated.—49
227.51
gurutalpavrataṃ kuryādretaḥ siktvā svayoniṣu.
sakhyuḥ putrasya castrīṣu kumārīṣvaṃtyajāsu ca .. 227.50 ..
One who is guilty of an illicit connection with his preceptor's wife should observe the ordinance prescribed for the sin of committing adultery with a lady of one's own community. For the purification from the sin of having an illicit connection with one's mother's maid, son's wife, virgin, Chaṇḍâlî, father's sister's daughter, sister, mother, mother's sister's daughter and righteous lady or brother's respected wife, Chândrâyaṇa ordinace should be kept up.—50-51
227.52
pitṛṣvasrīyabhaginīṃ svasrīyāṃ mātureva ca.
mātuśca bhrāturāryāyāṃ gatvā cāndrayaṇaṃ caret .. 227.51 ..
227.53
etāstriyastu bhāryārthe nopagacchettu buddhimān.
jñātīṃśca mātuleyāste patitā upayanti ye .. 227.52 ..
A wise man should not indulge with the above mentioned class of ladies, nor should he marry one's relation, a fallen woman, a woman in menses. He should also abstain from unnatural offence and indulging with lower animals. One who does so should keep up Kṛichhrasantapana penance to purify himself of the sin. If one discharges one's semen in water, one is to perform Kṛichhrasantapana vrata.—52-53
227.54
amānuṣīṣu puruṣo udakyāyāma yoniṣu.
retaḥ siktvā jale caiva kṛcchraṃ sāntapanaṃ caret .. 227.53 ..
227.55
maithunañca samālokya puṃsi yoṣiti vā dvijaḥ.
goyāne'psudivā caiva savāsā snānamacaret .. 277.54 ..
One who looks at a sexual intercourse or makes discharge in course of the day is purified by bathing with his clothes on.—54
227.56
cāṇḍālāntya striyo gatvā bhuktvā ca pratigṛhya ca.
patatyajñānato vipro jñānāt sāmyantu gacchati .. 227.55 ..
A Brâhmaṇa who indulges with a Châṇḍâla woman or a woman of a different caste or eats their food or accepts a gift from them unknowingly tolas of gold or silver according to the seriousness of the offence The one who breaks anyone's bone should be exiled from the country—87
227.57
vipraduṣṭāṃ striyaṃ bhartā nirundhyādekaveśmani.
yatpuṃsaḥ paradāreṣu taccaināñcārayed vratam .. 227.56 ..
227.58
sā cetpunaḥ praduṣyettu sadṛśenopamantritā.
kṛcchraṃ cāndrāyaṇañcaiva tattasyāḥ pāvanaṃ smṛtam .. 227.57 ..
227.59
yaḥ karotyekarātreṇa vṛṣalī-sevanaṃ dvijaḥ.
tadekabhuk japennityaṃ tribhirvarṣairvyapohati .. 227.58 ..
227.60
eṣā pāpakṛtāmuktā caturṇāmapi niṣkṛtiḥ.
patitaiḥ saṃprayuktānāmimāṃ śrṛṇuta niṣkṛtim .. 227.59 ..
227.61
saṃvatsareṇa patati patitena samācaran.
yājanādhyāpanādyaunādanuyānāśanāsanāt .. 227.60 ..
227.62
yo yena patitenaiṣāṃ saṃsargaṃ yāti mānavaḥ.
sa tasyaiva vrataṃ kuryāt tatsaṃsargaviśuddhaye .. 227.61 ..
227.63
patitasyodakaṃ kāryaṃ sapiṇḍairbāndhavaiḥ saha.
nindite'hani sāyāhne jñātibhirgurusannidhau .. 227.62 ..
227.64
dāsīghaṭamapāṃ pūrṇaṃ paryasyet pretavatsadā.
ahorātramupāsīran nāśaucaṃ bāndhavaiḥ saha .. 227.63 ..
227.65
nivarttayeran tasmāttu sambhāṣaṇasahāsanam.
dāyādasya pramāṇañca yātrāmevañca laukikīm .. 227.64 ..
227.66
jyeṣṭhabhāvānnivarteta jyaiṣṭhyāvāptaṃ ca yatpunaḥ.
jyeṣṭhāṃśaṃ prāpnuyāccāsya yo vā syād guṇato'dhikaḥ .. 227.65 ..
227.67
sthāpitāñcāpi maryādāṃ ye bhindyuḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ.
sarve pṛthak daṇḍanīyā rājñā prathamasāhasam .. 227.66 ..
227.68
śataṃ brāhmaṇamākruśya kṣatriyo daṇḍamarhati.
vaiśyastu dviśataṃ rājan! śūdrastu vadhamarhati .. 227.67 ..
227.69
pañcāśad brāhmaṇo daṇḍya kṣatriyasyābhiśaṃsane.
vaiśyasyāpyarddhapañcāśacchūdre dvādaśako damaḥ .. 227.68 ..
227.70
kṣatrisyāpnuyādvaiśyaḥ sāhasaṃ punareva ca.
śūdraḥ kṣatriyamākruśca jihvācchedanamāpnuyāt .. 227.69 ..
227.71
pañcāśat kṣatriyo daṇḍyastathā vaiśyābhiśaṃsane.
śūdre caivārddhapañcāśattathā dharmo na hīyate .. 227.70 ..
Those who steal cotton bales, cotton wines cowdung, molasses fish, Vaiśya he should be fined 1080 Paṇas (Uttama Sâhasa), but a Vaiśya abusing a Śûdra should be fined only 50 Paṇas—71.
227.72
vaiśyasyākrośane daṇḍyaḥ śūdraścottamasāhasam.
śūdrākrośe tathā vaiśyaḥ śatārddhaṃ daṇḍamarhati .. 227.71 ..
227.73
savarṇākrośane daṃḍyastathā dvādaśakaṃ smṛtam.
vādeṣvavacanīyeṣu tadeva dviguṇaṃ bhavet .. 227.72 ..
People abusing men of their own community should be fined only 12 Paṇas and those who indulge in most foul abuse should be fined twice the amount prescribed—72
227.74
ekajātirdvijātintu vācā dāruṇayā kṣipan.
jihvāyāḥ prāpnuyācchedaṃ jaghanyaḥ prathamo hi saḥ .. 227.73 ..
A Śûdra should be deprived of his tongue if he abuses violently a twice-born, if his offence be moderate, if his offence be highest, he is to be fined Uttama Sâhasa—73
227.75
nāmajātigṛhaṃ teṣāmabhadroheṇa kurvataḥ.
nikṣepyo'yo mayaḥ saṅkurjvalannāsye daśāṅgulaḥ .. 227.74 ..
[A king should put a red, hot iron spike twelve Angulas long in the mouth of a Śûdra who vilifies violently one, taking his name, caste and house—74
227.76
dharmopadeśaṃ śūdrastu dvijānāmabhikurvataḥ.
taptamāsecayet tailaṃ vaktre śrotre ca pārthivaḥ .. 227.75 ..
A Śûdra who teaches Dharma to the twice born should also be punished by a sovereign by getting hot oil poured into his ears and mouth—75
227.77
śrutiṃ deśañca jātiñca karma śārīrameva ca.
vitathañca bruvan daṇḍyo rājā dviguṇasāhasam .. 227.76 ..
The person who speaks a lie with regard to his country, caste Veda and corporeal duties should be fined 2 160 Panas (twice the Uttama Sâhasa)—76
227.78
yastu pātakasaṃyuktaḥ kṣipedvarṇāntaraṃ naraḥ.
uttamaṃ sāhasaṃ daṇḍaḥ pātyastasmin yathākramam .. 227.77 ..
A sinner who abuses a high class man ought to be fined 1080 Panas (Uttama Sahasa) one who violates the ordinance of a king should pay double the amount of fine for he is really a man who tries to upset the determination of the king—77-78
227.79
rājño niveśaniyamaṃ vitathaṃ yānti vai mithaḥ.
sarve dviguṇadaṇḍyāste vipralambhānnṛpasya tu .. 227.78 ..
227.80
prītyā mayāsyābhihitaṃ pramādenātha vā vadet.
bhūyo na caivaṃ vakṣyāmi sa tu daṇḍārddhabhāg bhavet .. 227.79 ..
If a man who abuses another and then says that he did so in a joke, through love or intoxication and would never do so again, should be fined only half of the amount codified—79
227.81
kāṇaṃ vāpyatha vā khañjamandhaṃ cāpi tathā vidham.
tathaivāpi bruvandāpyo daṇḍaṃ kārṣāpaṇaṃ dhanam .. 227.80 ..
The man who speaks ill towards the one-eyed, the blind the bald headed, and the crippled by addressing them as such should be fined one tola of silver (Kârṣâpaṇa Daṇḍa)—80
227.82
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ śvaśuraṃ gurum.
ākrośayanśataṃ daṇḍyaḥ panthānaṃ cārthayanguroḥ .. 227.81 ..
One who uses harsh words towards his preceptor, mother, father, elder brother, father-in law and does not make room for his preceptor should be fined 100 Panas (hundred Kârṣapaṇas)—81
227.83
guruvarjyantu mārgārhaṃ yo hi mārgaṃ na yacchati.
sa dāpyaḥ kṛṣṇalaṃ rājñastasya pāpasya śāntaye .. 227.82 ..
One who does not make room for another sagelike person other than his preceptor should be fined one ratti of silver (one Kṛṣṇala)—82
227.84
ekajātirdvijātintu yenāṅgenāparādhnuyāt.
tadeva cchedayettasya kṣipramevāvicārayan .. 227.83 ..
[A king should get that limb of a Śûdra severed from his body which he uses in causing pain to the twice-born—83]
227.85
avaniṣṭhīvato darpāt dvāvoṣṭhaucchedayennṛpa!.
avamūtrayatomeḍhramapaśabdayato gudam .. 227.84 ..
The lips of the man who haughtily spits on another should be cut down One who mischievously makes water facing another should be deprived of his organ and similarly the hind part of the man should be dealt with who maliciously makes wind in the face of another—84
227.86
sahāsanamabhiprepsurutkṛṣṭasyāpakṛṣṭajaḥ .
kaṭyāṃ kṛtāṅko nirvāsyaḥ sphicaṃ vāpyasya kartayet .. 227.85 ..
The lips of a low class man occupying the seat of a high class man should be chopped off with a mark sealed on his hip—85
227.87
keśeṣu gṛhṇato hastaṃ chedayedavicārayan.
pādayornāsikāyāñca grīvāyāṃ vṛṣaṇeṣu ca .. 227.86 ..
The hands of the one who extends them to catch hold of the hair, feet, nose, neck, scrotum of a high class man should be lopped off by a king—86
227.88
tvagbhedakaḥ śataṃ daṇḍyo lohitasya ca darśakaḥ.
māṃsabhettā ca ṣaṇṇiṣkān nirvāsyastvasthibhedakaḥ .. 227.87 ..
227.89
aṅgabhaṅgakarasyāṅgaṃ tadevāpaharennṛpaḥ.
daṇḍapāruṣyakṛddaṇḍyau samutthānavyayantathā .. 227.88 ..
227.90
arddhapādakaraḥ kāryo gogajāśvoṣṭraghātakaḥ.
paśukṣudramṛgāṇāñca hiṃsāyāṃ dviguṇo damaḥ .. 227.89 ..
227.91
pañcāśacca bhaveddaṇḍyastathaiva mṛgapakṣiṣu.
kṛmikīṭeṣu daṇḍyasyādrajatasya ca māṣakam .. 227.90 ..
227.92
tasyānurūpaṃ maulyañca pradadyāt svāmine tathā.
svasvāmikānāṃ sakalaṃ śeṣāṇāṃ sakalaṃ tathā .. 227.91 ..
227.93
vṛkṣantu saphalaṃ cchitvā suvarṇaṃ daṇḍamarhati.
dviguṇaṃ daṇḍayeccainaṃ pathisīmni jalāśaye .. 227.92 ..
227.94
chedanādaphalasyāpi madhyamaṃ sāhasaṃ smṛtam.
gulmavallīlatānāñca suvarṇasya ca māṣakam .. 227.93 ..
227.95
vṛthācchedī tṛṇasyāpi daṇḍyaḥ kārṣāpaṇaṃ bhavet.
tribhāgaṃ kṛṣṇalā daṇḍyāḥ prāṇinastāḍane tathā .. 227.94 ..
227.96
deśakālānurūpeṇa mūlyaṃ rājā drumādiṣu.
tatsvāminastathā daṇḍyā daṇḍamuktantu pārthiva! .. 227.95 ..
227.97
yatrātivartate yugyaṃ vaiguṇyāt prājakasya tu.
tatra svāmī bhaveddaṇḍyo nāptaścet prājako bhavet .. 227.96 ..
227.98
prājakaśca bhavedāptaḥ prājako daṇḍamarhati.
nāsti daṇḍaśca tasyāpi tathā vai hetukalpakaḥ .. 227.97 ..
227.99
dravyāṇi yo hared yasya jānato'jānato'pi vā.
sa tasyotpādayettuṣṭiṃ rājño dadyāttato damam .. 227.98 ..
227.100
yastu rajjuṃ ghaṭaṃ kūpāddharedbhindyācca tāṃ prapām.
sa daṇḍaṃ prāpnuyānmāṣaṃ tacca sampratipādayet .. 227.99 ..
227.101
dhānyaṃ daśabhyaḥ kumbhebhyo harato'bhyadhikaṃ vadhaḥ.
śeṣe'pyekādaśaguṇaṃ tasya daṇḍaṃ prakalpayet .. 227.100 ..
227.102
tathā bhakṣyānnapānānāṃ na tathāpyadhike vadhaḥ.
suvarṇarajatādīnāmuttamānāñca vāsasām .. 227.101 ..
227.103
puruṣāṇāṃ kulīnānāṃ nārīṇāñca viśeṣataḥ.
mahāpaśūnāṃ haraṇe śastrāṇāmauṣadhasya ca .. 227.102 ..
227.104
mukhyānāñcaiva ratnānāṃ haraṇe vadhamarhati.
dadhnaḥ kṣīrasya takrasya pānīyasya rasasya ca .. 227.103 ..
227.105
veṇu vaidalabhāṇḍānāṃ lavaṇānāṃ tathaiva ca.
mṛṇmayānāñca sarveṣāṃ mṛdo bhasmana eva ca.. 227.104 ..
227.106
kālamāsādya kāryyañca rājā daṇḍaṃ prakalpayet.
goṣu brāhmaṇasaṃsthāsu mahiṣīṣu tathaiva ca .. 227.105 ..
227.107
aśvāpahārakaścaiva sadyaḥ kāryo'rddhapādakaḥ.
sūtrakārpāsakiṇvānāṃ gomayasya gur̤asya ca .. 227.106 ..
The one who makes another bleed by his blows should be fined 100 Panas and the one who pricks into the others flesh should be fined 24 birds, oil, clarified butter, flesh, honey, salt, rice and cooked food should be fined twice the amount of the price of these articles.—106-108
227.108
matsyānāṃ pakṣiṇāñcaiva tailasya ca ghṛtasya ca.
māṃsasya madhunaścaiva yaccānyadvastu-sambhavam.. 227.107 ..
227.109
anyeṣāṃ lavaṇādīnāṃ madyānāmodanasya ca.
pakvānnānāñca sarveṣāntanmūlyād dviguṇodamaḥ .. 227.108 ..
227.110
puṣpeṣu harite dhānye gulmavallīlatāsu ca.
anneṣu paripūrṇeṣu daṇḍaḥ syātpañcamāṣakam .
paripūrṇeṣu dhānyeṣu śākamūlaphaleṣu ca .. 227.109 ..
A man who steals grain out of a field, flowers, creepers, and rice should be fined five mâsâs of gold or silver and the theft of ripe crop śâka, berries, and fruits, should be punished with a fine of 100 Panas if the thief has no sons and if the thief has son then 200 Danḍas The limbs of a thief employed in the accomplishment of his mission should be cut off There is no sin if a Brâhmaṇa who is not carrying anything through hunger plucks a couple of sugarcanes or berries on his way—109-111
227.111
niranvaye śataṃ daṇḍyaḥ sānvaye dviśatandamaḥ.
yena yena yathāṅgena steno'nyeṣu viceṣṭate .. 227.110 ..
227.112
tattadeva harettasya pratyādeśāya pārthivaḥ.
dvijo'dhvagaḥ kṣīṇavṛttirdvāvikṣ dve ca mūlake .. 227.111 ..
227.113
trapusorvārukau dvau ca tāvanmātraṃ phaleṣu ca.
tathāca sarvadhānyānāṃ muṣṭigrāheṇa parthiva! .. 227.112 ..
Manu has said that there is no crime in taking a couple of cucumbers, two melons in fact any two fruits, two handfuls of grain, as well as the taking of śâka in an equally small quantity, the fruits growing on forest trees forest berries a small quantity of firewood, grass, the plucking of flowers from elsewhere in the absence of a flower garden for Divine worship A man found doing any of these things should not be punished One who kills any animals having claws and fangs such as lions, snakes, etc, does not commit any sin Neither there is any sin in killing an Atatâyi a man who has come to attack and kills, be he a Brâhmaṇa, a preceptor, a child, a learned man, and an unknown man—112-117
227.114
śāke śākapramāṇena gṛhyamāṇena duṣyati.
vānaspatyaṃ phalaṃ mūlaṃ dārvagnyarthaṃ tathaiva ca .. 227.113 ..
227.115
tṛṇaṅge'bhyavahārārthamasteyaṃ manurabravīt.
adevavāṭijaṃ puṣpaṃ devatārthaṃ tathaiva ca .. 227.114 ..
227.116
ādadānaḥ parakṣetrāt na daṇḍaṃ dātumarhati.
śrṛṅgiṇaṃ nakhinaṃ rājan! daṃṣṭriṇañca vadhodyatam .. 227.115 ..
227.117
yo hanyānna sa pāpena lipyate manujeśvara!.
guruṃ vā bālavṛddhaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā bahuśrutam .. 227.116 ..
227.118
ātatāyinamāyāntaṃ hanyādevāvicārayan.
ātatāyivadhe doṣo hanturbhavati kaścana .. 227.117 ..
227.119
prakāśaṃ vā'prakāśaṃ vā manyustaṃ manyumṛcchati.
gṛhakṣetrābhihartārastathāgamyābhigāminaḥ .. 227.118 ..
People who deprive others of their fields those who indulge with the class of women whom they ought to avoid, those who set fire to others property, those who poison, those who treacherously kill another with a weapon, those who act mercilessly against a king are known by the knowers of Dharma as Âtatâyi If a beggar, a woman, or a vicious person, though prohibited, enters a place, he should be fined twice Those who are found talking to another woman in a sacred place, forest, or in their own house, those who are detected in breaking a river dam should be punished by the sentence named Sangrahaṇa—118-121
227.120
agnidogaradaścaiva tatā cābhyudyatāyudhaḥ.
abhicārantu kurvāṇo rājagāmi ca paiśunam .. 227.119 ..
227.121
ete hi kathitā loke dharmajñairātatāyinaḥ.
parastrīṇāntu sambhāṣe tīrthe'raṇyeka gṛhe'pi vā .. 227.120 ..
227.122
nadīnāñcaiva sambhedaiḥ sa saṃgrahaṇamāpnuyāt.
na sambhāṣetsahastrībhiḥ pratiṣiddhaḥ samācaret .. 227.121 ..
227.123
pratiṣiddhe samābhāṣya suvarṇaṃ daṇḍamarhati.
naiva cāraṇadāreṣu vidhirātmopajīviṣu .. 227122 ..
If such a person is again found talking to women he should be fined a tola of gold or silver, but there is no serious crime in talking to actresses in private or walking with them in private for it is their profession and they should therefore be fined something for doing so for they earn their livelihood by prostituting their bodies—122-123
227.124
sajjayanti manuṣyaistā nigūḍhaṃ vācarantyuta.
kiñcidevatudāpyaḥ syātsambhāṣeṇāpacārayan .. 227.123 ..
227.125
preṣyāsu caiva sarvāsu gṛhapravrajitāsu ca.
yo'kāmāṃ dūṣayetkanyāṃ sa sadyo vadhamarhati .. 227.124 ..
One who forcibly violates the modesty of an unwilling maid in the household should be killed outright—124
227.126
sakāmāṃ dūṣamāṇastu prāpnuyāddviśataṃ damam.
yaścasaṃrakṣakastatra puruṣaḥ sa tathā bhavet .. 227.125 ..
If one does so with her consent he should be fined 200 Danḍa and the person taking share therein, either inducing or assisting should also be punished with a similar fine (i e, death)—125
227.127
pāradārikavaddaṇḍyo yo'pi syādavakāśadaḥ.
balātsaṃdūṣayedyastu parabhāryāṃ naraḥ kvacit .. 227.126 ..
One who allows another to commit such a thing in his house is also worthy of being punished similarly The person who forcibly commits such an act with another woman is worthy of being killed outright but the woman so outraged is faultless If a virgin after getting menses for the third time in her father's house, seeks a husband for herself, should not be punished by a sovereign One who takes the girl away to a foreign land after marrying her in his own country is a thief and should be killed.—126-129
227.128
vadho daṇḍo bhavettasya nāparādho bhavetstriyaḥ.
rajastṛtīyaṃ yā kanyā svagṛhe pratipadyate .. 227.127 ..
227.129
adaṇḍyā sā bhavedrājñā varayantī patiṃ svayam.
svadeśe kanyakāndattvā tāmādāya tathā vrajet .. 227.128 ..
227.130
paradeśe bhavedvadhyaḥ strīcoraḥ sa yato bhavet.
adravyāṃ mṛtapatnīntu saṃgṛhṇannāparādhyati .. 227.129 ..
227.131
sadravyāṃ tāṃ saṃgrahītā daṇḍantu kṣipramarhati.
utkṛṣṭaṃ yā bhajetkanyā deyā tasyaiva sā bhavet .. 227.130 ..
227.132
yaccānyaṃ sevamānāñca saṃyatāṃ vāsayedgṛhe.
jaghanyamuttamā nārī sevamānā tathaiva ca .. 227.131 ..
227.133
bharttāraṃ laṅghayedyā strī jñātibhirbaladarpitā.
tāñca niṣkāsayedrājā saṃkhyāne bahusaṃsthite .. 227.132 ..
227.134
hṛtādhikāraṃ malināṃ piṇḍamātropajīvinīm.
vāsayet svairiṇīṃ nityaṃ savarṇonābhidūṣitām .. 227.133 ..
227.135
jyāyasā dūṣitā nārī muṇḍanaṃ sama???pnuyāt.
vāsaścamalinaṃnityaṃśikhāṃsaṃprāpnuyāddaśa .. 227.134 ..
227.136
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ kṣatraviṭśūdrayoṣitaḥ.
brahmadāpyo bhavedrājādaṇḍamuttamasāhasam .. 227.135 ..
227.137
vaiśyāgame ca viprasya kṣatriyasyāntyajāgame.
madhyamaṃ vaiśyodaṇḍyaḥśūdrāgamādbhavet .. 227.136 ..
227.138
śūdraḥ savarṇāgamane śataṃ daṇḍyomahīkṣitā.
vaiśyastudviguṇaṃrājan! kṣatrastutriguṇantathā .. 227.137 ..
227.139
brāhmaṇaśca bhaveddaṇḍyastathārājaṃścaturguṇam.
aguptāsubhaveddaṇḍaḥ svaguptāsvadhiko bhavet .. 227.138 ..
227.140
mātāpitṛṣvasāśvaśrurmātulānī pitṛvyājā.
pitṛvyasakhiśiṣyastrī garbhiṇī tatsakhī tathā .. 227.139 ..
227.141
bhātṛbhāryāgame pūrvād daṇḍastuka dviguṇo bhavet.
caṇḍālīñca śvapākīñca gacchan vadhamavāpnuyāt .. 227.140 ..
227.142
tiryagyoniñca govarjyaṃ maithunaṃ yo niṣevete.
vapanaṃ prāpnuyāddaṇkaḍaṃ tasyāśca yavasādikam .. 227.141 ..
227.143
suvarṇañca bhaveddaṇḍyo gāṃ vrajanmanujottama!.
veśyāgāmī dvijodaṇḍyo veśyāśulkasamampaṇam .. 227.142 ..
227.144
gṛhagītvā vetanaṃ veśyā lobhādanyatra gacchati.
vetanaṃ dviguṇaṃ dadyāddaṇḍañca dviguṇaṃ tathā .. 227.143 ..
227.145
anyamuddiśyayoveśyāṃnayedanyasyakārayet.
tasyadaṇḍobhavedrājan! suvarṇasyaca māṣakam .. 227.144 ..
One who practises Vaśīkaraṇa and Abhichāra practices, etc, should be fined 200 Paṇas One who sells bad seeds calling them to be good If a man takes a prostitute to another person on the pretext of taking her to some particular individual should be fined a mâṣâ of gold—144
227.146
nītvā bhogānna yo dadyāddāpyo dviguṇavetanam.
rājñaśca dviguṇaṃ daṇḍastathā dharmmo na hīyate .. 227.145 ..
If a man after bringing a harlot does not indulge with her, the king should make him pay her twice as much and should levy a similar amount of fine for himself Dharma will not thereby be upset—145
227.147
bahūnāṃ vrajatāmekāṃ sarve te dviguṇandamam.
dadyuḥ pṛthak pṛthak sarve daṇḍañca dviguṇaṃ param .. 227.146 ..
If a number of people forcibly indulge with a concubine, the king should make each one of them pay her double the amount of her wages—146
227.148
na mātā na pitā na strī na ṛtvig yājyamānavāḥ.
anyonyaṃ patitāstyājyā yoge daṇḍyāḥ śatāni ṣaṭ .. 227.147 ..
Fallen father, mother, wife, preceptor, priests should not be abandoned, but a man doing so otherwise should be fined 600 gold pieces—147
227.149
patitā guruvastyājyā na tu mātā kathañcana.
garbhadhāraṇapoṣābhyāṃ tena mātā garīyasī .. 227.148 ..
Fallen Gurus are not to be abandoned and mother should not be forsaken, even if she does a great vicious crime, for she is superior to all on account of her bearing the son in her womb and nourishing him—148
227.150
adhīyāno'pyanadhyāye daṇḍyaḥ kārṣāpaṇatrayam.
adhyāpakaścadviguṇaṃ tathācārasya laṅghane .. 227.149 ..
A pupil who reads at forbidden times should be made to pay a fine of 3 Kâhaṇas and the master should be fined twice the amount If one quits one s âchâra one would have to pay also three Kâhaṇas where no fine is specifically mentioned, gold Kṛiṣṇalas ought to be inferred Wife sons, servants disciples brothers should be beaten on their back with a rope or a cane when they commit a fault They should never be beaten on their heads One who does so should be punished like a thief If a person sets animals to fight with each other or gambles he should be punished by the sovereign according to his discretion A washerman should very carefully and cautiously wash fine clothes, on a wooden plate or on a good stonepiece he should be fined a mâṣâ of gold if he does not do so If a thing is found missing under the custody of its custodians, they should be made to make it good—149 156
227.151
anuktasya bhaveddaṇḍaḥ suvarṇasya ca kṛṣṇalam.
bāryāputraścadāsaścaśiṣyobhrātācasodaraḥ .. 227.150 ..
227.152
kṛtāparādhāstāḍyāḥ syu rajvā veṇudalena vā.
pṛṣṭhatastu śarīlasya nottamāṅgaṃ kathañcana .. 227.151 ..
227.153
ato'nyathā praharataḥ prāptaḥśyācyorakilviṣam.
dūtīṃ samāhvayaṃścaivayoniṣiddhaṃsamācaret .. 227.152 ..
227.154
ācchannaṃ vā prakāśaṃ vā sa daṇḍayaḥ pāthivecchayā.
vāsāṃsi phalakaiḥ ślakṣṇairnirṇijyādrajakaḥ śanaiḥ .. 227.153 ..
227.155
ato'nyathāhi kurvaṃstu daṇḍyaḥ syādrukmamāṣakam.
rakṣāsvadhikṛtaiścaivapradeyaṃyairvilupyate .. 227.154 ..
227.156
karṣakebhyo'rthamādāya yaḥ kuryātkaramanyathā.
tasya sarvasvamādāya taṃ rājā vipravāsayet .. 227.155 ..
If the revenue obtained by a servant from the cultivators be not paid to the king s coffer or to the proprietor, his property is to be forfeited and he should be exiled If a landlord realizes more rent from his tenants and gives less to the king should be banished from the Empire after all his wealth being forfeited to the crown—157 158
227.157
ye niyuktāḥ svakāryeṣu hanyuḥ kāryāṇi kāryiṇām.
nirghṛṇāḥ krūramanasaḥ sarve karmāparādhinaḥ .. 227.156 ..
The officials of any estate who spoil the interests of the subjects and who are found to be void of sympathy and full of wickedness should be deprived of all their wealth Those who persecute the subjects by misrepresenting the mandates of the sovereign should also be similarly dealt with—159 161
227.158
dhanoṣmaṇā pacyaṃmānāstānniḥ svānkārayennṛpaḥ.
kūṭaśāsanakartṝṃ ścaprakṛtīnāñca dūṣakān .. 227.157 ..
227.159
strībālabrāhmaṇaghnāṃśca vadhyā dviṭsevinastathā.
amātyaḥ prāḍvivāko vā yaḥ kuryātkāryamanyathā .. 227.158 ..
Those who govern intricately who kill women children, Brâhmaṇa and who eat fishes should be hanged and the minister or any other official of the state be he a minister or a Prâḍvivaka if he is working contrary to the policy of the crown should be banished after being deprived of all his wealth Those who kill Brâhmaṇa indulge in drinking thieves and those who indulge with preceptor s wife should be killed If such a man be a Brâhmaṇa he should be banished, with a mark on his body,—162 163
227.160
tasya sarvasvamādāya taṃ rjā vipravāsayet.
brahmaghnaśca surāpaśca taskaro gurutalpagaḥ .. 227.159 ..
227.161
etānsarvānpṛthakhiṃsyātmahāpātakinonarān.
mahāpātakinobadhyābrāhmaṇantuvivāsayet .. 227.160 ..
227.162
kṛtacihnaṃ svadeśācca śrṛṇu cihnākṛtintataḥ.
gurutalpe bhagaḥ kāryaḥ surāpāne surādhvajaḥ .. 227.161 ..
Or they might be branded with different marks, and then exiled These who indulge with preceptor's wife should be branded with a mark fine should be 270 Panas and in case of a S’ûdra it should be 135 Panas—203
227.163
stene tu śvapadantadvadbrahmahaṇyaśirāḥ pumān.
asambhāṣyāhyasambhojyāasaṃvāhyāviśeṣataḥ .. 227.162 ..
227.164
tyaktavyāscatathārajan! jñātisambandhibāndhavaiḥ.
mahāpātakinovittamādāyanṛpatiḥsvayam .. 227.163 ..
227.165
apsupraveśayeddaṇkaḍavaruṇāyopapādayet.
sahoḍhaṃ kana vinā coraṃ ghātayeddhārmiko nṛpaḥ .. 227.164 ..
227.166
sahoḍhaṃ sopakaraṇaṃ ghātayedavicārayan.
grāmeṣvapi ca ye keciccorāṇāṃ bhakṣyadāyakāḥ .. 227.165 ..
227.167
bhāṇḍāvakāśadāścaiva sarvāṃstānapighātayet.
rāṣṭreṣu rājñādhikṛtāḥ sāmantāścaivadūṣakāḥ .. 227.166 ..
227.168
abhyaghāteṣu madhyasthāḥ kṣipraṃśāsyāstu coravat.
grāmaghāte maṭhābhaṅge pathimoṣāphabhimardane .. 227.167 ..
227.169
śaktito nābhidhāvanto nirvāsyāḥ saparicchadāḥ.
rājñaḥ kośāpahartṝṃścaka pratikūleṣu saṃsthitām .. 227.168 ..
227.170
arīṇāmupajartṝṃśca ghātayedvividhairvadhaiḥ.
sandhiṃ kṛtvā tu ye cauryaṃ rātraukurvanti taskarāḥ .. 227.169 ..
227.171
teṣāṃ chitvā nṛpohastau tīkṣṇaśūle niveśayet.
tar̤āgabhedakaṃ hanyādapsu śuddhavadhena tu .. 227.170 ..
227.172
yastu pūrvaṃniviṣṭaṃsyāttar̤āgasyodakaṃ haret.
āgamañcāpyapaṃbhindyātsadāpyaḥ pūrvaśāsanam .. 227.171 ..
227.173
koṣṭhāgārāyughāgāradevāgāravibhedakān.
pāpān pāpasamācārān ghātayecchīghrameva ca .. 227.172 ..
227.174
samutsṛjedrājamārge yastvamedhyamanāpadi.
sa hi kārṣāpaṇaṃ daṇḍyastattvamedhyañcaśodhayeta .. 227.173 ..
227.175
ajaṅgamo'thavā vṛddho garbhiṇī bāla eva ca.
paribhāṣaṇamarhanti na ca śodhyamiti sthitiḥ .. 227.174 ..
227.176
prathaṇaṃ sāhasaṃ daṇḍyoyaśca mithyā cikitsate.
paruṣe madhyamaṃ daṇḍamuttamañca tathottame .. 227.175 ..
227.177
chatrasya dhvajayaṣṭināṃ pratimānāñca bhedakāḥ.
pratikuryustataḥ sarve pañcadaṇḍyāḥ śatāni ca .. 227.176 ..
227.178
adūṣitānāṃ dravyāṇāṃ dūṣaṇe bhedane tathā.
maṇīnāmapi bhedena daṇḍya prathamasāhasam .. 227.177 ..
227.179
samañca viṣama़ñcaiva kurute mūlyato'pi vā.
samāpnuyātsa vai pūrvaṃ damamadhyamameva ca .. 227.178 ..
227.180
bandhanāni ca sarvāṇi rājamārgeniveśayet.
karṣanto yatra diśyante vikṛtāḥpāpakāriṇaḥ .. 227.179 ..
227.181
prākārasya ca bhettaraṃ parikhānāñca bhedakam.
dvārāṇāṃ caiva bhettāraṃ kṣipraṃ nirvāsayet purāt .. 227.180 ..
227.182
mūlakarmābhicāreṣu kartvayo dviśatodamaḥ.
avījavikrayī yaśca bījotkarṣaka eva ca .. 227.181 ..
227.183
maryādābhedakaścāpi vikṛtaṃ bandhamāpnuyāt.
sarvasaṅkarapāpiṣṭhaṃ hemakāraṃ narādhipa! .. 227.182 ..
227.184
anyāye vartamānañca cchedayellavaśaḥ kṣuraiḥ.
dravyamādāya vaṇijāmanargheṇāvarundhatām .. 227.183 ..
227.185
dravyāṇāṃ dūṣakoyastu praticchannasya vikrayī.
madhyamaṃ prāpnuyāddaṇḍaṃ kūṭakarttātathottamam .. 227.184 ..
227.186
rājā pṛthak pṛthak kuryāddaṇḍaṃ cottamasāhasam.
śāstrāṇāṃ yajñatapasāṃ deśānāṃ kṣepako naraḥ .. 227.185 ..
227.187
devatānāṃ satīnāñca uttamaṃ daṇḍamarhati.
ekasya daṇḍapāruṣye bahūnāṃ dviguṇodamaḥ .. 227.186 ..
227.188
kalaho yadgatodāpyo daṇḍaśca dviguṇastataḥ.
madhyamaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ rājā vipayādvipravāsayet .. 227.187 ..
227.189
laśūnañca palāṇḍuñca śūkaraṃ grāmakukkuṭam.
tathā pañcanakhaṃ sarvaṃ bhakṣyādanyattu bhakṣayet .. 227.188 ..
227.190
vivāsayet kṣiprameva brāhmaṇaṃ viṣayāt svakāt.
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇe daṇḍayaḥ śūdro bhavati kṛṣṇalam .. 227.189 ..
227.191
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ catustridviguṇaṃ smṛtam.
yaḥsāhasaṃkārayati sadaṇḍyodviguṇandamam .. 227.190 ..
227.192
yastvevamuktvā'handātā kārayetsa caturguṇam.
sandiṣṭasyāpradātā ca samudragṛhabhedakaḥ .. 227.191 ..
227.193
pañcāśatpaṇiko daṇḍastatra kāryo mahīkṣitā.
aspṛśyañcāspṛśannāryyo hyayogyo'yogyakarmakṛt .. 227.192 ..
227.194
puṃstvaharttāpaśūnāñca dāsīgarbhavināśakṛt.
śūdrapravrajitānāñca daive paitrye ca bhojakaḥ .. 227.193 ..
227.195
avrajan vār̤hamuktvā tu tathaiva ca nimantraṇe.
ete kārṣāpaṇaśataṃ sarve daṇḍyā mahīkṣitā .. 227.194 ..
227.196
duḥkhotpādigṛhe dravyaṃ kṣipedandhasyakṛṣṇalam.
pitāputravirodheca sākṣiṇāṃdviśatodamaḥ .. 227.195 ..
227.197
tulāśāsanamānānāṃ kūṭakṛnnāṇakasya ca.
ebhiśca vyavahartā ca sa daṇḍyo damamuttamam .. 227.196 ..
227.198
viṣāgnidāmpatigurunijāpatyapramāpaṇīm.
vikarṇanāsikāṃvyoṣṭhīṃ kṛtvāgobhiḥpramāpayet .. 227.197 ..
227.199
khalasya dāhakā yeca yeca kṣetrasya veśmanaḥ.
rājapatnyabhigāmī ca dagdhavyāstekaṭāgninā .. 227.198 ..
227.200
ūnaṃ vāpyadhikañcāpi likhedyo rājaśāsanam.
paradārikacauraṃ vā muñcato daṇḍa uttamaḥ .. 227.199 ..
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Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (21)
- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Matsya — Sanskrit
- Rājanītiprakāśa (Mitramiśra) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit
- Vivādaratnākara — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit
- Vivādārṇavasetu — Several paṇḍits 1748, Sanskrit
- Vivādārṇavasetu (Bāṇeśvara and others) — Bāṇeśvara and others, Sanskrit
- Vivādacintāmaṇi — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit
- Daṇḍaviveka — Vardhamāna Upādhyāya, Sanskrit
- Madanaratna — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit
- Nītimañjarī — Sambhurāja 1655, Sanskrit
- Prāyaścittamayūkha — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Vyavahāraprakāśa (Mitramiśra) — Mitramiśra 1753, Sanskrit
- Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra (तिरुमलतिरुपतिदेवस्थानम्, 1997) — Sanskrit
- Madanapārijāta — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Indische Sprüche — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- Vyavahāramādhava — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
- Smṛticandrikā — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit
Discussed in (7)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — Majumdar et al. 1951, English
- Ancient Indian Historical Tradition — Pargiter 1922, English
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Prasad 1928, English
- Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs — Hazra 1940, English
- The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day — Altekar 1938, English
- The World of Courtesans — Chandra 1973, English