Agni Purana — Chapter 226
AgP 226.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सामाद्युपायो नाम पञ्चविंशत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् ३२२ छप्तेर् {२२६} :श् अथ षड्विंशत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः राजधर्माः पुष्कर उवाच दण्डप्रणयनं वक्ष्ये येन राज्ञः परा गतिः त्रियवं कृष्णलं विद्धि पापस्तत्पञ्चकं भवेत्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe sāmādyupāyo nāma pañcaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 322 chapter {226} :ś atha ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ rājadharmāḥ puṣkara uvāca daṇḍapraṇayanaṃ vakṣye yena rājñaḥ parā gatiḥ triyavaṃ kṛṣṇalaṃ viddhi pāpastatpañcakaṃ bhavet
[Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred twenty-fifth chapter, called 'Conciliation and the Other Expedients'. p. 322, chapter 226. Now the two hundred twenty-sixth chapter: the duties of kings.] Puṣkara said: I shall declare the administering of punishment, by which the king attains the highest goal. Know a kṛṣṇala to be three barley-grains; a set of five of those is a māṣa.
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AgP 226.2
कृष्णलानां तथा षष्ट्या(१) कर्षार्धं रामकीर्तितं सुवर्णश् च विनिर्दिष्टो राम षोडशमापकः
kṛṣṇalānāṃ tathā ṣaṣṭyā(1) karṣārdhaṃ rāmakīrtitaṃ suvarṇaś ca vinirdiṣṭo rāma ṣoḍaśamāpakaḥ
And with sixty kṛṣṇalas half a karṣa is declared, O Rāma; and a suvarṇa is specified, O Rāma, as sixteen māṣakas.
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AgP 226.3
निष्कः सुवर्णाश् चत्वारो धरणं दशभिस्तु तैः ताम्ररूप्यसुवर्णानां मनमेतत् प्रकीर्तितं
niṣkaḥ suvarṇāś catvāro dharaṇaṃ daśabhistu taiḥ tāmrarūpyasuvarṇānāṃ manametat prakīrtitaṃ
A niṣka is four suvarṇas, and a dharaṇa (is made) with ten of them; this is declared to be the measure of copper, silver and gold.
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AgP 226.4
ताम्रकैः कार्षिको राम प्रोक्तः कार्षापणो बुधैः पणानां द्वे शते सार्धं प्रथमः साहसः स्मृतः(२)
tāmrakaiḥ kārṣiko rāma proktaḥ kārṣāpaṇo budhaiḥ paṇānāṃ dve śate sārdhaṃ prathamaḥ sāhasaḥ smṛtaḥ(2)
Of copper (pieces) the kārṣika is called kārṣāpaṇa by the learned, O Rāma. Two hundred and fifty paṇas is remembered as the first (degree of) fine for violence.
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AgP 226.5
मध्यमः पञ्च विज्ञेयः सहस्रमपि चोत्तमः चौरैर् अमूषितो यस्तु मूषितो ऽस्मीति भाषते
madhyamaḥ pañca vijñeyaḥ sahasramapi cottamaḥ caurair amūṣito yastu mūṣito 'smīti bhāṣate
The middle (fine) is to be known as five (hundred), and the highest as a thousand. He who, though not robbed by thieves, says 'I have been robbed' —
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AgP 226.6
तत्प्रदातरि भापाले स दण्ड्यस्तावदेव तु यो यावद्विपरीतार्थं मिथ्या वा यो वदेत्तु तं
tatpradātari bhāpāle sa daṇḍyastāvadeva tu yo yāvadviparītārthaṃ mithyā vā yo vadettu taṃ
— he is to be fined by the king who administers that (fine) just in that same amount; and whoever states the matter contrary (to fact) or falsely, and to whatever extent, (likewise) —
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AgP 226.7
तौ नृपेण ह्य् अधर्मज्ञौ दाप्यौ तद्द्विगुणं दमं(३) कूटसाक्ष्यन्तु कुर्वाणांस्त्रीन् वर्णांश् च प्रदापयेत्
tau nṛpeṇa hy adharmajñau dāpyau taddviguṇaṃ damaṃ(3) kūṭasākṣyantu kurvāṇāṃstrīn varṇāṃś ca pradāpayet
— those two, being ignorant of dharma, are to be made to pay by the king a fine double that. And those of the three classes who give false testimony he should likewise make to pay.
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AgP 226.8
विवासयेद्ब्राह्मणन्तु भोज्यो विधिर् न हीरतः निक्षेपस्य समं मूल्यं दण्ड्यो निक्षेपभुक् तथा
vivāsayedbrāhmaṇantu bhojyo vidhir na hīrataḥ nikṣepasya samaṃ mūlyaṃ daṇḍyo nikṣepabhuk tathā
But a brahmin (guilty of false witness) should be banished; the rule of (his) being fed is not thereby taken away. And one who consumes a deposit is to be fined a sum equal to the deposit.
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AgP 226.9
:न् १ तथाचाष्टौ इति छ॥ , ज॥ च २ ताम्रिकैः कार्षिक इत्य् आदिः, साहसः स्मृत इत्य् अन्तः पाठः झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ३ यो यावदित्यादिः, तद्द्विगुणं दममित्यन्तः पाठः झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् ३२३ वस्त्रादिकस्य धर्मज्ञ तथा धर्मो न हीयते यो निक्षेपं घातयति यश्चानिक्षिप्य याचते
:n 1 tathācāṣṭau iti cha.. , ja.. ca 2 tāmrikaiḥ kārṣika ity ādiḥ, sāhasaḥ smṛta ity antaḥ pāṭhaḥ jha.. pustake nāsti 3 yo yāvadityādiḥ, taddviguṇaṃ damamityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ jha.. pustake nāsti :p 323 vastrādikasya dharmajña tathā dharmo na hīyate yo nikṣepaṃ ghātayati yaścānikṣipya yācate
[Editorial notes: 1. 'tathā cāṣṭau' in MSS cha and ja. 2. The passage beginning 'tāmrikaiḥ kārṣika' and ending 'sāhasaḥ smṛtaḥ' is not in MS jha. 3. The passage beginning 'yo yāvat' and ending 'taddviguṇaṃ damam' is not in MS jha. Page 323] — of cloth and the like, O knower of dharma; thus dharma is not diminished. He who destroys a deposit, and he who demands (a thing back) without having deposited it —
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AgP 226.10
तावुभौ चौरवच्छास्यौ दण्ड्यौ वा द्विगुणं दम अज्ञानाद्यः पुमान् कुर्यात् परद्रव्यस्य विक्रयं
tāvubhau cauravacchāsyau daṇḍyau vā dviguṇaṃ dama ajñānādyaḥ pumān kuryāt paradravyasya vikrayaṃ
— both of these are to be punished like thieves, or fined a double penalty. A man who out of ignorance carries out the sale of another's property
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AgP 226.11
निर्दोषो ज्ञानपूर्वकन्तु चौरवद्दण्डमर्हति(१) मूल्यमादाय यः शिल्पं न दद्याद् दण्ड्य एव सः
nirdoṣo jñānapūrvakantu cauravaddaṇḍamarhati(1) mūlyamādāya yaḥ śilpaṃ na dadyād daṇḍya eva saḥ
(is) free of fault; but (one who does so) knowingly deserves punishment like a thief. He who, having taken the price, does not deliver the craftwork — he indeed is to be fined.
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AgP 226.12
प्रतिश्रुत्याप्रदातारं सुवर्णं दण्डयेन्नृपः भृतिं गृह्य न कुर्याद्यः कर्माष्टौ कृष्णला दमः
pratiśrutyāpradātāraṃ suvarṇaṃ daṇḍayennṛpaḥ bhṛtiṃ gṛhya na kuryādyaḥ karmāṣṭau kṛṣṇalā damaḥ
The king should fine one suvarṇa a man who, having promised, does not give. For one who takes wages and does not do the work, the fine is eight kṛṣṇalas.
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AgP 226.13
अकाले तु त्यजन् भृत्यं दण्ड्यः स्यात्तावदेव तु क्रीत्वा विक्रीय वा किञ्चिद्यस्येहानुशयो भवेत्
akāle tu tyajan bhṛtyaṃ daṇḍyaḥ syāttāvadeva tu krītvā vikrīya vā kiñcidyasyehānuśayo bhavet
But one who dismisses a hired servant at an improper time should be fined just that much. If someone here has regret after buying or selling something,
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AgP 226.14
सो ऽन्तर्दशाहात्तत्स्वामी दद्याच्चैवाददीत च परेण तु दशाहस्य नादद्यान्नैव दापयेत्
so 'ntardaśāhāttatsvāmī dadyāccaivādadīta ca pareṇa tu daśāhasya nādadyānnaiva dāpayet
he — that is, its owner — may give it back or take it back within ten days; but after ten days he should neither take (it back) nor make (the other) give (it back).
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AgP 226.15
आददद्धि ददच्चैव राज्ञा दण्ड्यः शतानि षट् वरे दोषानविख्याप्य यः कन्यां वरयेदिह(२)
ādadaddhi dadaccaiva rājñā daṇḍyaḥ śatāni ṣaṭ vare doṣānavikhyāpya yaḥ kanyāṃ varayediha(2)
For one who does take or does give (after that), the king should impose a fine of six hundred. He who here woos a girl without disclosing the defects in the bridegroom —
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AgP 226.16
दत्ताप्यदत्ता सा तस्य राज्ञा दण्ड्यः शतद्वयं प्रदाय कन्यां यो ऽन्यस्मै पुनस्तां सम्प्रयच्छति
dattāpyadattā sā tasya rājñā daṇḍyaḥ śatadvayaṃ pradāya kanyāṃ yo 'nyasmai punastāṃ samprayacchati
— she, though given, is not given to him, and (the giver) is to be fined two hundred by the king. He who, having given a girl (to one man), then bestows her again on another —
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AgP 226.17
दण्डः कार्यो नरेन्द्रेण तस्याप्युत्तमसाहसः सत्यङ्कारेण वाचा च युक्तं पुण्यमसंशयं
daṇḍaḥ kāryo narendreṇa tasyāpyuttamasāhasaḥ satyaṅkāreṇa vācā ca yuktaṃ puṇyamasaṃśayaṃ
— on him too the king should impose the highest sāhasa fine. What is joined with an affirmation of truth and with (a spoken) word is meritorious, beyond doubt.
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AgP 226.18
लुब्धो ऽन्यत्र च विक्रेता षट्शतं दण्डमर्हति दद्याद्धेनुं न यः पालो गृहीत्वा भक्तवेतनं
lubdho 'nyatra ca vikretā ṣaṭśataṃ daṇḍamarhati dadyāddhenuṃ na yaḥ pālo gṛhītvā bhaktavetanaṃ
And a greedy man who sells (it) elsewhere deserves a fine of six hundred. A herdsman who, having taken his food and wages, does not deliver the cow —
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AgP 226.19
स तु दण्ड्यः शतं राज्ञा सुवर्णं वाप्यरक्षिता :न् १ चौरवद्वधमर्हतोति घ॥ , ञ॥ च २ वरयेद्यदि इति घ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ३२४ धनुःशतं परीणाहो ग्रामस्य तु समन्ततः
sa tu daṇḍyaḥ śataṃ rājñā suvarṇaṃ vāpyarakṣitā :n 1 cauravadvadhamarhatoti gha.. , ña.. ca 2 varayedyadi iti gha.. , ña.. ca :p 324 dhanuḥśataṃ parīṇāho grāmasya tu samantataḥ
— he is to be fined a hundred suvarṇas by the king, or (likewise) one who has failed to guard (it). [Notes: 1. 'cauravad vadham arhati' in MSS gha and ña. 2. 'varayed yadi' in MSS gha and ña. Page 324] The circuit of a village all around is a hundred bow-lengths.
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AgP 226.20
द्विगुणं त्रिगुणं वापि नगरस्य च कल्पयेत् वृतिं तत्र प्रकुर्वीत यामुष्ट्रो नावलोकयेत्
dviguṇaṃ triguṇaṃ vāpi nagarasya ca kalpayet vṛtiṃ tatra prakurvīta yāmuṣṭro nāvalokayet
For a city he should reckon double or even triple. There he should make a fence over which a camel cannot look.
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AgP 226.21
तत्रापरिवृते धान्ये हिंसिते नैव दण्डनं गृहन्तडागमारामं क्षेत्रं वा भीषया हरन्
tatrāparivṛte dhānye hiṃsite naiva daṇḍanaṃ gṛhantaḍāgamārāmaṃ kṣetraṃ vā bhīṣayā haran
There, if grain that is unfenced is damaged, there is no punishment at all. One who seizes by intimidation a house, a tank, a garden, or a field
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AgP 226.22
शतानि पञ्च दण्ड्याः स्यादज्ञानाद् द्विशतो दमः मर्यादाभेदकाः सर्वे दण्ड्याः प्रथमसाहसं
śatāni pañca daṇḍyāḥ syādajñānād dviśato damaḥ maryādābhedakāḥ sarve daṇḍyāḥ prathamasāhasaṃ
is to be fined five hundred; if done from ignorance, the fine is two hundred. All who break boundaries are to be fined the first sāhasa.
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AgP 226.23
शतं ब्राह्मणमाक्रुश्य क्षत्रियो दण्डमर्हति वैश्यश् च द्विशतं राम शूद्रश् च बधमर्हति
śataṃ brāhmaṇamākruśya kṣatriyo daṇḍamarhati vaiśyaś ca dviśataṃ rāma śūdraś ca badhamarhati
A kṣatriya who reviles a brahmin deserves a fine of a hundred, and a vaiśya two hundred, O Rāma, and a śūdra deserves corporal punishment.
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AgP 226.24
पञ्चाशद्ब्राह्मणो दण्ड्यः क्षत्रियस्याभिशंसने वैश्ये वाप्यर्धपञ्चाशच्छूद्रे द्वादशको दमः
pañcāśadbrāhmaṇo daṇḍyaḥ kṣatriyasyābhiśaṃsane vaiśye vāpyardhapañcāśacchūdre dvādaśako damaḥ
A brahmin is to be fined fifty for defaming a kṣatriya, twenty-five in the case of a vaiśya, and for a śūdra the fine is twelve.
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AgP 226.25
क्षत्रियस्याप्नुयाद्वैश्यः साहसं पूर्वमेव तु शूद्रः क्षत्रियमाक्रुश्य जिह्वाच्छेदनमाप्नुयात्
kṣatriyasyāpnuyādvaiśyaḥ sāhasaṃ pūrvameva tu śūdraḥ kṣatriyamākruśya jihvācchedanamāpnuyāt
A vaiśya (defaming) a kṣatriya incurs the first sāhasa; a śūdra who reviles a kṣatriya incurs the cutting off of his tongue.
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AgP 226.26
धर्मोपदेशं विप्राणां शूद्रः कुर्वंश् च दण्डभाक् श्रुतदेशादिवितथी दाप्यो द्विगुणसाहसं
dharmopadeśaṃ viprāṇāṃ śūdraḥ kurvaṃś ca daṇḍabhāk śrutadeśādivitathī dāpyo dviguṇasāhasaṃ
A śūdra who gives instruction in dharma to brahmins is liable to punishment; one who falsifies his learning, his native place and the like is to be made to pay double the sāhasa.
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AgP 226.27
उत्तमः साहसस्तस्य यः पापैर् उत्तमान् क्षिपेत् प्रमादाद्यैर् मया प्रोक्तं प्रीत्या दण्डार्धमर्हति
uttamaḥ sāhasastasya yaḥ pāpair uttamān kṣipet pramādādyair mayā proktaṃ prītyā daṇḍārdhamarhati
The highest sāhasa is for him who casts (charges of) sins upon his superiors; but what is uttered from inadvertence and the like, or out of affection — so I have declared — deserves half the fine.
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AgP 226.28
मातरं पितरं ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरं श्वशुरं गुरुं आक्षारयञ्च्छतं दण्ड्यः पन्थानं चाददद्गुरोः
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ śvaśuraṃ guruṃ ākṣārayañcchataṃ daṇḍyaḥ panthānaṃ cādadadguroḥ
One who slanders (his) mother, father, elder brother, father-in-law, or teacher is to be fined a hundred; so also one who blocks (or takes) the path of a teacher.
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AgP 226.29
अन्त्यजातिर्द्विजातिन्तु येनाङ्गेनापराध्नुयात् तदेव च्छेदयेत्तस्य क्षिप्रमेवाविचारयन्
antyajātirdvijātintu yenāṅgenāparādhnuyāt tadeva cchedayettasya kṣipramevāvicārayan
With whatever limb a man of the lowest caste offends against a twice-born, that very limb (the king) should have cut off at once, without deliberation.
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AgP 226.30
अवनिष्ठीवतो दर्पाद् द्वावोष्ठौ छेदयेन्नृपः अपमूत्रयतो मेढ्रमपशब्दयतो गुदं
avaniṣṭhīvato darpād dvāvoṣṭhau chedayennṛpaḥ apamūtrayato meḍhramapaśabdayato gudaṃ
Of one who spits (on a twice-born) out of arrogance the king should have both lips cut off; of one who urinates (on him), the penis; of one who breaks wind (at him), the anus.
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AgP 226.31
:प् ३२५ उत्कृष्टासनसंस्थस्य नीचस्याधोनिकृन्तनं यो यदङ्गं च रुजयेत्तदङ्गन्तस्य कर्तयेत्
:p 325 utkṛṣṭāsanasaṃsthasya nīcasyādhonikṛntanaṃ yo yadaṅgaṃ ca rujayettadaṅgantasya kartayet
For a low-born man seated on a high seat, cutting off (the flesh) below; and whoever injures any limb, his own that limb (the king) should have cut off.
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AgP 226.32
अर्धपादकराः कार्या गोगजाश्वोष्ट्रघातकाः वृक्षन्तु विफलं कृत्त्वा सुवर्णं दण्डमर्हति
ardhapādakarāḥ kāryā gogajāśvoṣṭraghātakāḥ vṛkṣantu viphalaṃ kṛttvā suvarṇaṃ daṇḍamarhati
Killers of cows, elephants, horses and camels are to be deprived of half a foot and hand; but one who cuts down a fruitless tree deserves a fine of a suvarṇa.
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AgP 226.33
द्विगुणं दापयेच्छिन्ने पथि सीम्नि जलाशये द्रव्याणि यो हरेद्यस्य ज्ञानतो ऽज्ञानतो ऽपिवा
dviguṇaṃ dāpayecchinne pathi sīmni jalāśaye dravyāṇi yo haredyasya jñānato 'jñānato 'pivā
He should be made to pay double when (a tree) is cut on a road, a boundary, or at a water-place. Whoever takes away another's goods, knowingly or unknowingly —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.34
स तस्योत्पाद्य तुष्टिन्तु राज्ञे दद्यात्ततो दमं यस्तु रज्जुं घटं कूपाद्धरेच्छिन्द्याच्च तां प्रपां
sa tasyotpādya tuṣṭintu rājñe dadyāttato damaṃ yastu rajjuṃ ghaṭaṃ kūpāddharecchindyācca tāṃ prapāṃ
— he, having first satisfied that man, should then pay the fine to the king. But whoever takes away the rope or the pot from a well, or destroys a water-booth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.35
स दण्डं प्राप्नुयान् मासं दण्ड्यः स्यात् प्राणिता।रने धान्यं दशभ्यः कुम्भेभ्यो हरतो ऽभ्यधिकं बधः
sa daṇḍaṃ prāpnuyān māsaṃ daṇḍyaḥ syāt prāṇitā.rane dhānyaṃ daśabhyaḥ kumbhebhyo harato 'bhyadhikaṃ badhaḥ
he shall receive a fine of a māṣa; (so too) is one to be fined ... (corrupt). For one who steals grain beyond ten kumbhas, death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.36
शेषे ऽप्येकादशगुणं तस्य दण्डं प्रकल्पयेत् सुवर्णरजतादीनां नृस्त्रीणां हरणे बधः
śeṣe 'pyekādaśaguṇaṃ tasya daṇḍaṃ prakalpayet suvarṇarajatādīnāṃ nṛstrīṇāṃ haraṇe badhaḥ
For the remainder too he should assign a fine eleven times (the value); for the stealing of gold, silver and the like, and of men and women, death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.37
येन येन यथाङ्गेन स्तेनो नृषु विचेष्टते तत्तदेव हरेदस्य् प्रत्यादेशाय पार्थिवः
yena yena yathāṅgena steno nṛṣu viceṣṭate tattadeva haredasy pratyādeśāya pārthivaḥ
With whichever limb and in whatever manner a thief acts against people, that very one the king should remove, as a warning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.38
ब्राह्मणः शाकधान्यादि अल्पं गृह्णन्न दोषभाक् गोदेवार्थं हरंश्चापि हन्याद्दुष्टं बधीद्यतं
brāhmaṇaḥ śākadhānyādi alpaṃ gṛhṇanna doṣabhāk godevārthaṃ haraṃścāpi hanyādduṣṭaṃ badhīdyataṃ
A brahmin taking a small quantity of vegetables, grain and the like incurs no fault; and taking for the sake of cows or the gods (he is likewise blameless). He may kill a wicked man who has raised (a weapon) to strike.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.39
गृहक्षेत्रापहर्तारं तथा पत्न्यभिगामिनं अग्निदं गरदं हन्यात्तथा चाभ्युद्यतायुधं
gṛhakṣetrāpahartāraṃ tathā patnyabhigāminaṃ agnidaṃ garadaṃ hanyāttathā cābhyudyatāyudhaṃ
One who seizes house or field, one who approaches (another's) wife, an arsonist, a poisoner, and one with weapon raised — (the king) should kill.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.40
राजा गवाभिचाराद्यं हन्याच्चैवाततायिनः परस्त्रियं न भाषेत प्रतिषिद्धो विशेन्न हि
rājā gavābhicārādyaṃ hanyāccaivātatāyinaḥ parastriyaṃ na bhāṣeta pratiṣiddho viśenna hi
The king should kill assassins, such as one who bewitches cattle. One should not converse with another's wife, nor enter where one is forbidden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.41
अदण्ड्या स्त्री भवेद्राज्ञा वरयन्तो पतिं स्वयं उत्तमां सेवमानः स्त्री जघन्यो बधमर्हति
adaṇḍyā strī bhavedrājñā varayanto patiṃ svayaṃ uttamāṃ sevamānaḥ strī jaghanyo badhamarhati
A woman who chooses a husband herself is not to be punished by the king; but a low-caste man consorting with a woman of high caste deserves death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.42
भर्तारं लङ्घयेद्या तां श्वभिः सङ्घातयेत् स्त्रियं :प् ३२६ सवर्णदूषितां कुर्यात् पिण्डमात्रोपजीविनीं
bhartāraṃ laṅghayedyā tāṃ śvabhiḥ saṅghātayet striyaṃ :p 326 savarṇadūṣitāṃ kuryāt piṇḍamātropajīvinīṃ
The woman who transgresses against her husband — he should have her torn apart by dogs; a woman defiled by a man of her own varṇa he should make live on mere food-rations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.43
ज्यायसा दूषिता नारी मुण्डनं समवाप्नुयात् वैश्यागमे तु विप्रस्य क्षत्रियस्यान्त्यजागमे
jyāyasā dūṣitā nārī muṇḍanaṃ samavāpnuyāt vaiśyāgame tu viprasya kṣatriyasyāntyajāgame
A woman defiled by a superior shall receive (only) the shaving of her head. But for a brahmin's intercourse with a vaiśya woman, and for a kṣatriya's with an outcaste woman —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.44
क्षत्रियः प्रथमं वैश्यो दण्ड्यः शूद्रागमे भवेत् गृहीत्वा वेतनं वेश्या लोभादन्यत्र गच्छति
kṣatriyaḥ prathamaṃ vaiśyo daṇḍyaḥ śūdrāgame bhavet gṛhītvā vetanaṃ veśyā lobhādanyatra gacchati
— and a kṣatriya, or a vaiśya, in intercourse with a śūdra woman, is to be fined the first (i.e. lowest) fine. If a prostitute, having taken her fee, goes to another out of greed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.45
वेतनन्द्विगुणं दद्याद्दण्दञ्च द्विगुणं तथा भार्या पुत्राश् च दासाश् च शिष्यो भ्राता च सोदरः
vetanandviguṇaṃ dadyāddaṇdañca dviguṇaṃ tathā bhāryā putrāś ca dāsāś ca śiṣyo bhrātā ca sodaraḥ
she should pay back double the fee and likewise a double fine. Wife, sons, slaves, pupil, and full brother,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.46
कृटापराधास्ताड्याः सूरज्वा वेणुदलेन वा पृष्ठे न मस्तके हन्याच्चौरस्याप्नोति किल्विषं
kṛṭāparādhāstāḍyāḥ sūrajvā veṇudalena vā pṛṣṭhe na mastake hanyāccaurasyāpnoti kilviṣaṃ
when they have committed an offence, may be beaten with a rope or a strip of bamboo, on the back and not on the head; one who strikes the head incurs the guilt of a thief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.47
रक्षास्वधिकृतैयस्तु प्रजात्यर्थं विलुप्यते तेषां सर्वस्वमादाय राजा कुर्यात् प्रवासनं
rakṣāsvadhikṛtaiyastu prajātyarthaṃ vilupyate teṣāṃ sarvasvamādāya rājā kuryāt pravāsanaṃ
But those appointed to protective duties who plunder for their own gain — taking all their property, the king should banish them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.48
ये नियुक्ताः स्वकार्येषु हन्युः कार्याणि कर्मिणां निर्घृणाः क्रूरमनसस्तान्निःस्वान् कारयेन्नृपः
ye niyuktāḥ svakāryeṣu hanyuḥ kāryāṇi karmiṇāṃ nirghṛṇāḥ krūramanasastānniḥsvān kārayennṛpaḥ
Those who, appointed to their own offices, ruin the business of the workers, being pitiless and cruel of mind — the king should reduce them to destitution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.49
अमात्यः प्राड्विवाको वा यः कुर्यात् कार्यमन्यथा तस्य सर्वस्वमादाय तं राजा विप्रवासयेत्
amātyaḥ prāḍvivāko vā yaḥ kuryāt kāryamanyathā tasya sarvasvamādāya taṃ rājā vipravāsayet
An adviser or a judge who conducts a case otherwise (than rightly) — the king should confiscate all his property and banish him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.50
गुरुतल्पे भयः कार्यः सुरापाणे सुराध्वजः स्तेयेषु श्वपदं विद्याद् ब्रह्महत्याशिरः पुमान्
gurutalpe bhayaḥ kāryaḥ surāpāṇe surādhvajaḥ steyeṣu śvapadaṃ vidyād brahmahatyāśiraḥ pumān
For (violating) the guru's bed a female organ is to be (branded); for liquor-drinking, a liquor-banner; for thefts one should know it is a dog's foot; for the slaying of a brahmin, a headless man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.51
शूद्रादीन् घातयेद्राजा पापान् विप्रान् प्रवासयेत् महापातकिनां वित्तं वरुणायोपपादयेत्
śūdrādīn ghātayedrājā pāpān viprān pravāsayet mahāpātakināṃ vittaṃ varuṇāyopapādayet
The king should have śūdras and the rest put to death; sinful brahmins he should banish; the wealth of those guilty of the great sins he should hand over to Varuṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.52
ग्रामेष्वपि च ये केचिच्चौराणां भक्तदायकाः भाण्डारकोषदाश् चैव सर्वांस्तानपि घातयेत्
grāmeṣvapi ca ye keciccaurāṇāṃ bhaktadāyakāḥ bhāṇḍārakoṣadāś caiva sarvāṃstānapi ghātayet
And whoever in the villages are givers of food to thieves, and those who give them storage and shelter (for their goods) — all these too he should have put to death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.53
राष्ट्रेषु राष्ट्राधिकृतान् सामन्तान् पापिनो हरेत् सन्धिं कृत्वा तु ये चौर्यं रात्रौ कुर्वन्ति तस्कराः
rāṣṭreṣu rāṣṭrādhikṛtān sāmantān pāpino haret sandhiṃ kṛtvā tu ye cauryaṃ rātrau kurvanti taskarāḥ
In the provinces he should dispossess sinful provincial officers and neighbouring chiefs; and those thieves who, having formed a pact, commit theft by night —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.54
:प् ३२७ तेषां च्छित्वा नृपो हस्तौ तीक्ष्णे शूले निवेशयेत् तडागदेवतागारभेदकान् घातयेन्नृपः
:p 327 teṣāṃ cchitvā nṛpo hastau tīkṣṇe śūle niveśayet taḍāgadevatāgārabhedakān ghātayennṛpaḥ
the king, having cut off their hands, should set them upon a sharp stake; and the king should put to death those who break into reservoirs and temples.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.55
समुत्सृजेद्राजमार्गे यस्त्वमेध्यमनापदि स हि कार्षापणन्दण्ड्यस्तममेध्यञ्च शोधयेत्
samutsṛjedrājamārge yastvamedhyamanāpadi sa hi kārṣāpaṇandaṇḍyastamamedhyañca śodhayet
But whoever, not in an emergency, throws filth on the royal road is to be fined one kārṣāpaṇa and must clean up that filth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.56
प्रतिमासङ्क्रमभिदो दद्युः पञ्चशतानि ते समैश् च विषमं यो वा चरते मूल्यतो ऽपि वा
pratimāsaṅkramabhido dadyuḥ pañcaśatāni te samaiś ca viṣamaṃ yo vā carate mūlyato 'pi vā
Breakers of images and of bridges should pay five hundred; and whoever deals unequally with equal (goods), or in respect of price —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.57
समाप्नुयान्नरः पूर्वं दमं मध्यममेव वा द्रव्यमादाय वणिजामनर्घेणावरुन्धतां
samāpnuyānnaraḥ pūrvaṃ damaṃ madhyamameva vā dravyamādāya vaṇijāmanargheṇāvarundhatāṃ
a man should incur the first fine, or indeed the middling one; and for those who take the merchants' goods and withhold them at no (fixed) price —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.58
राजा पृथक् पृथक् कुर्याद्दण्डमुत्तमसाहसं द्रव्याणां दूषको यश् च प्रतिच्छन्दकविक्रयी
rājā pṛthak pṛthak kuryāddaṇḍamuttamasāhasaṃ dravyāṇāṃ dūṣako yaś ca praticchandakavikrayī
the king should impose upon each separately the fine of the highest degree of violence. And whoever adulterates goods, and whoever sells counterfeits,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.59
मध्यमं प्राप्नुयाद्दण्डं कूटकर्ता तथोत्तमं कलहापकृतं देयं दण्डश् च द्विगुणस्ततः
madhyamaṃ prāpnuyāddaṇḍaṃ kūṭakartā tathottamaṃ kalahāpakṛtaṃ deyaṃ daṇḍaś ca dviguṇastataḥ
should receive the middling fine; and a forger, the highest. What was taken away in a quarrel must be restored, and the fine is double that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.60
अभक्ष्यभक्ष्ये विप्रे वा शूद्रे वा कृष्णलो दमः तुलाशासनकर्ता च कूटकृन्नाशकस्य च
abhakṣyabhakṣye vipre vā śūdre vā kṛṣṇalo damaḥ tulāśāsanakartā ca kūṭakṛnnāśakasya ca
For eating what must not be eaten, whether in a brahmin or in a śūdra, the fine is one kṛṣṇala; likewise for one who makes (false) scales and measures, and for the forger, and for the destroyer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.61
एभिश् च व्यवहर्ता यः स दाप्यो दममुत्तमं विषाग्निदां पतिगुरुविप्रापत्यप्रमापिणीं
ebhiś ca vyavahartā yaḥ sa dāpyo damamuttamaṃ viṣāgnidāṃ patiguruviprāpatyapramāpiṇīṃ
And whoever trades by means of these is to be made to pay the highest fine. A woman who administers poison or fire, who destroys her husband, her guru, a brahmin, or her offspring —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.62
विकर्णकरनासौष्ठी कृत्वा गोभिः प्रवासयेत् क्षेत्रवेश्मग्रामवनविदारकास् तथा नराः
vikarṇakaranāsauṣṭhī kṛtvā gobhiḥ pravāsayet kṣetraveśmagrāmavanavidārakās tathā narāḥ
having deprived her of ears, hands, nose and lips, he should banish her (dragged) by cows. Likewise men who ravage fields, houses, villages and forests,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.63
राजपत्न्यभिगामी च दग्धव्यास्तु कटाग्निना ऊनं वाप्यधिकं वापि लिखेद्यो राजशासनं
rājapatnyabhigāmī ca dagdhavyāstu kaṭāgninā ūnaṃ vāpyadhikaṃ vāpi likhedyo rājaśāsanaṃ
and one who consorts with the king's wife, are to be burnt with a fire of matting. And one who writes down a royal edict with less or with more (than it contains) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.64
पारजायिकचौरौ च मुञ्चतो दण्ड उत्तमः राजयानासनारोढुर्दण्ड उत्तमसाहसः
pārajāyikacaurau ca muñcato daṇḍa uttamaḥ rājayānāsanāroḍhurdaṇḍa uttamasāhasaḥ
and those who let go an adulterer or a thief: the fine is the highest. For one who mounts the king's vehicle or seat, the fine is the highest degree of violence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.65
यो मन्येताजितो ऽस्मीति न्यायेनापि पराजितः :प् ३२८ तमायान्तं पराजित्य(१) दण्डयेद् द्विगुणं दमं
yo manyetājito 'smīti nyāyenāpi parājitaḥ :p 328 tamāyāntaṃ parājitya(1) daṇḍayed dviguṇaṃ damaṃ
He who, though defeated in accordance with law, thinks 'I am not defeated' — when he comes (again), one should defeat him and fine him double the penalty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 226.66
आह्वानकारी बध्यः स्यादनाहूतमथाह्वयन् दाण्डिकस्य च यो हस्तादभिमुक्तः पलायते
āhvānakārī badhyaḥ syādanāhūtamathāhvayan dāṇḍikasya ca yo hastādabhimuktaḥ palāyate
One who issues a challenge, challenging one who has not been challenged, deserves death; and he who, once released, flees from the hand of the officer of fines —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 226.67
हीनः पुरुषकारेण तद् दद्याद्दाण्डिको धनं
hīnaḥ puruṣakāreṇa tad dadyāddāṇḍiko dhanaṃ
if (the officer) is deficient in manly effort, the officer of fines must himself pay that money.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain