Agni Purana — Chapter 257
AgP 257.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सीमाविवादादिनिर्णयो नाम षट्पञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् ४२९ छप्तेर् {२५७} :श् अथ सप्तपञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः वाक्पारुष्यादिप्रकरणम् अग्निर् उवाच सत्यासत्यान्यथा स्तोत्रैर् न्यूनाङ्गेन्द्रियरोगिणां क्षेपं करोति चेद्दण्ड्यः पणानर्धत्रयोदश
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe sīmāvivādādinirṇayo nāma ṣaṭpañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 429 chapter {257} :ś atha saptapañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ vākpāruṣyādiprakaraṇam agnir uvāca satyāsatyānyathā stotrair nyūnāṅgendriyarogiṇāṃ kṣepaṃ karoti ceddaṇḍyaḥ paṇānardhatrayodaśa
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and fifty-sixth chapter, called 'The Settlement of Boundary Disputes and the Rest'. || Now the two hundred and fifty-seventh chapter: the section on verbal assault and the rest. Agni said: If a man, by praise true or false turned to the contrary, hurls abuse at those deficient in a limb or a sense-organ or at the diseased, he is to be fined twelve and a half paṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.2
अभिगन्तास्मि भगिनीम्मातरं वा तवेति च शपन्तं दापयेद्राजा पञ्चविंशतिकं दमं
abhigantāsmi bhaginīmmātaraṃ vā taveti ca śapantaṃ dāpayedrājā pañcaviṃśatikaṃ damaṃ
And upon one who reviles saying, 'I shall go to your sister or your mother', the king should impose a fine of twenty-five (paṇas).
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AgP 257.3
अर्धो ऽधमेषु द्विगुणः परस्त्रीषूत्तमेषु च दण्डप्रणयनं कार्यं वर्णजात्युत्तराधरैः
ardho 'dhameṣu dviguṇaḥ parastrīṣūttameṣu ca daṇḍapraṇayanaṃ kāryaṃ varṇajātyuttarādharaiḥ
Half (that) in the case of the low, and double in the case of other men's wives and of the high; the imposition of punishment is to be made according to the higher and lower of caste and birth.
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AgP 257.4
प्रातिलोम्यापवादेषु द्विगुणत्रिगुणा दमाः वर्णानामानुलोम्येन तस्मादेवार्धहानितः
prātilomyāpavādeṣu dviguṇatriguṇā damāḥ varṇānāmānulomyena tasmādevārdhahānitaḥ
In revilings against the order (a lower man reviling a higher), the fines are double and triple; among the varṇas in the natural order, from that same (amount) with a reduction by half.
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AgP 257.5
वाहुग्रीवानेत्रसक्थिविनाशे वाचिके दमः शत्यस्ततो ऽर्धिकः पादनासाकर्णिकरादिषु
vāhugrīvānetrasakthivināśe vācike damaḥ śatyastato 'rdhikaḥ pādanāsākarṇikarādiṣu
For (threatening) the destruction of arm, neck, eyes, or thigh, the verbal fine is one hundred; half of that in the case of foot, nose, ear, hand, and so on.
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AgP 257.6
अशक्तस्तु वदन्नेवन्दण्डनीयः पणान् दश तथा शक्तः प्रतिभुवं दद्यात् क्षेमाय तस्य तु(१)
aśaktastu vadannevandaṇḍanīyaḥ paṇān daśa tathā śaktaḥ pratibhuvaṃ dadyāt kṣemāya tasya tu(1)
But one who is incapable (of carrying it out), though he speaks thus, is to be fined ten paṇas; and one who is capable should furnish a surety for the other's safety.
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AgP 257.7
पतनीयकृते क्षेपे दण्डी मध्यमसाहसः उपपातकयुक्ते तु दाप्यः प्रथमसाहसं
patanīyakṛte kṣepe daṇḍī madhyamasāhasaḥ upapātakayukte tu dāpyaḥ prathamasāhasaṃ
When the insult concerns a deed causing loss of caste, he is punishable with the middle fine; but when it involves a minor sin, he is to be made to pay the first (lowest) fine.
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AgP 257.8
त्रैविद्यनृपदेवानां क्षेप उत्तमसाहसः :न् १ दद्यादित्यत्र दाप्य इति पाठो भवितुं युक्तः :प् ४३० मध्यमो ज्ञातिपूगानां प्रथमो ग्रामदेशयोः
traividyanṛpadevānāṃ kṣepa uttamasāhasaḥ :n 1 dadyādityatra dāpya iti pāṭho bhavituṃ yuktaḥ :p 430 madhyamo jñātipūgānāṃ prathamo grāmadeśayoḥ
Abuse directed at masters of the three Vedas, at the king, or at the gods incurs the highest fine (uttama-sāhasa); the middle one for kinsmen and guilds, the first for a village or a district.
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AgP 257.9
असाक्षिकहते चिह्नैर् युक्तिभिन्नागमेन च द्रष्टव्यो व्यवहारस्तु कूटचिह्नकृताद्भयात्
asākṣikahate cihnair yuktibhinnāgamena ca draṣṭavyo vyavahārastu kūṭacihnakṛtādbhayāt
When someone has been killed without witnesses, the case is to be examined by the marks (on the body), by reasoning, and by testimony from separate sources — yet cautiously, for fear of those who fabricate false marks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.10
भस्मपङ्करजःस्पर्शे दण्डो दशपणः स्मृतः अमेध्यपार्ष्णिनिष्ठ्यूतस्पर्शने द्विगुणः स्मृतः
bhasmapaṅkarajaḥsparśe daṇḍo daśapaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ amedhyapārṣṇiniṣṭhyūtasparśane dviguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
For touching (someone) with ashes, mud, or dust, the fine is declared to be ten paṇas; for touching with something impure, with the heel, or with spittle, it is declared to be double.
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AgP 257.11
समेष्वेवं परस्त्रीषु द्विगुणस्तूत्तमेषु च हीनेष्वर्धं दमो मोहमदादिभिरदण्डनम्
sameṣvevaṃ parastrīṣu dviguṇastūttameṣu ca hīneṣvardhaṃ damo mohamadādibhiradaṇḍanam
So it is among equals; but for (offences against) other men's wives and against superiors it is double, for inferiors the fine is half; there is no punishment when (the act was) due to delirium, intoxication, and the like.
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AgP 257.12
विप्रपीडाकरं च्छेद्यमङ्गमब्राह्मणस्य तु उद्गूर्णे प्रथमो दण्डः संस्पर्शे तु तदर्धिकः
viprapīḍākaraṃ cchedyamaṅgamabrāhmaṇasya tu udgūrṇe prathamo daṇḍaḥ saṃsparśe tu tadardhikaḥ
A non-brahmin's limb with which he inflicts injury on a brahmin is to be cut off; for a raised (hand or weapon) the first fine, for actual contact half of that.
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AgP 257.13
उद्गूर्णे हस्तपादे तु दशविंशतिकौ दमौ परस्परन्तु सर्वेषां शास्त्रे मध्यमसाहसः
udgūrṇe hastapāde tu daśaviṃśatikau damau parasparantu sarveṣāṃ śāstre madhyamasāhasaḥ
But for a raised hand or foot the fines are ten and twenty (paṇas); when it is mutual among all (parties), the śāstra prescribes the middle fine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.14
पादकेशांशुककरोल्लुञ्चनेषु पणान् दश पीडाकर्षां शुकावेष्टपादाध्यासे शतन्दमः
pādakeśāṃśukakarolluñcaneṣu paṇān daśa pīḍākarṣāṃ śukāveṣṭapādādhyāse śatandamaḥ
For pulling at the foot, the hair, the garment, or the hand, ten paṇas; for causing pain, dragging, wrapping (someone) in a garment, or setting a foot (on someone), the fine is a hundred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.15
शोणितेन विना दुःस्वङ्कुर्वन् काष्ठादिभिर्नरः द्वात्रिंशतं पणान्(१) दाप्यो द्विगुणं दर्शने ऽसृजः
śoṇitena vinā duḥsvaṅkurvan kāṣṭhādibhirnaraḥ dvātriṃśataṃ paṇān(1) dāpyo dviguṇaṃ darśane 'sṛjaḥ
A man causing pain with a stick or the like, without (drawing) blood, is to be made to pay thirty-two paṇas; double when blood is seen.
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AgP 257.16
करपाददतो भङ्गे च्छेदने कर्णनासयोः मध्यो दण्डो व्रणोद्भेदे मृतकल्पहते तथा
karapādadato bhaṅge cchedane karṇanāsayoḥ madhyo daṇḍo vraṇodbhede mṛtakalpahate tathā
For breaking a hand, a foot, or a tooth, and for cutting off an ear or nose, the middle fine; likewise for opening up a wound, and for striking (someone) so that he is as good as dead.
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AgP 257.17
चेष्टाभोजनवाग्रोधे नेत्रादिप्रतिभेदने कन्धराबाहुसक्थ्याञ्च भङ्गे मध्यमसाहसः
ceṣṭābhojanavāgrodhe netrādipratibhedane kandharābāhusakthyāñca bhaṅge madhyamasāhasaḥ
For blocking (another's) movement, food, or speech, for piercing the eye or other (organs), and for breaking the neck, arm, or thigh, the middle fine (madhyama-sāhasa).
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AgP 257.18
एकं घ्नतां बहूनाञ्च यथोक्ताद्द्विगुणा दमाः कलहापहृतं देयं दण्डस्तु द्विगुणः स्मृतः
ekaṃ ghnatāṃ bahūnāñca yathoktāddviguṇā damāḥ kalahāpahṛtaṃ deyaṃ daṇḍastu dviguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
When many strike one, the fines are double those stated; what was taken away in a brawl must be given back, and the fine is declared to be double.
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AgP 257.19
दुःखमुत्पादयेद्यस्तु स समुत्थानजं व्ययम् :न् १ द्वाविंशतिपणामिति ख॥ :प् ४३१ दाप्यो दण्डञ्च यो यस्मिन् कलहे समुदाहृतः
duḥkhamutpādayedyastu sa samutthānajaṃ vyayam :n 1 dvāviṃśatipaṇāmiti kha.. :p 431 dāpyo daṇḍañca yo yasmin kalahe samudāhṛtaḥ
Whoever inflicts injury shall be made to pay the expense arising from the recovery (of the injured man), and also whatever fine has been prescribed for the brawl in question.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.20
तरिकः स्थलजं शुल्कं गृह्नन् दण्ड्यः पणान्दश ब्राह्मणप्रातिवेश्यानामेतदेवानिमन्त्रणे
tarikaḥ sthalajaṃ śulkaṃ gṛhnan daṇḍyaḥ paṇāndaśa brāhmaṇaprātiveśyānāmetadevānimantraṇe
A ferryman who takes the toll due for land carriage is to be fined ten paṇas; this same (fine applies) for failing to invite brahmins and neighbours.
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AgP 257.21
अभिघाते तथा भेदे च्छेदे बुद्ध्यावपातने पणान्दाप्यः पञ्चदशविंशतिं तत्त्रयन्तथा
abhighāte tathā bhede cchede buddhyāvapātane paṇāndāpyaḥ pañcadaśaviṃśatiṃ tattrayantathā
For striking, likewise for splitting, for cutting, and for deliberately felling, he is to be made to pay fifteen and twenty paṇas, and three times that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.22
दुःस्वोत्पादिगृहे द्रव्यं क्षिपन् प्राणहरं तथा षाडशाद्यं पणात् दाप्यो द्वितीयो मध्यमन्दमम्
duḥsvotpādigṛhe dravyaṃ kṣipan prāṇaharaṃ tathā ṣāḍaśādyaṃ paṇāt dāpyo dvitīyo madhyamandamam
One who throws an object into a house so as to cause injury, or so as to be life-threatening, is to be made to pay the first (fine) beginning at sixteen paṇas, (and) the second, the middle fine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.23
दुःखे च शोणितोत्पादे शाखाङ्गच्छेदने तथा दण्डः क्षुद्रपशूनां स्याद्द्विपणप्रभृतिः क्रमात्
duḥkhe ca śoṇitotpāde śākhāṅgacchedane tathā daṇḍaḥ kṣudrapaśūnāṃ syāddvipaṇaprabhṛtiḥ kramāt
For pain (inflicted), for causing bleeding, and likewise for cutting off a limb or extremity, the fine in the case of small animals shall be two paṇas and upward, in order.
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AgP 257.24
लिङ्गस्य च्छेदने मृत्तौ मध्यमो मूल्यमेव च महापशूनामेतेषु स्थानेषु द्विगुणा दमाः
liṅgasya cchedane mṛttau madhyamo mūlyameva ca mahāpaśūnāmeteṣu sthāneṣu dviguṇā damāḥ
For cutting off the sexual organ, and for (causing) death, the middle fine and the price (of the animal) as well; in these same cases the fines are double for large animals.
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AgP 257.25
प्ररोहिशाखिनां शाखास्कन्धसर्वविदारणे उपजीव्यद्रुमाणान्तु विंशतेर्द्विगुणा दमाः(१)
prarohiśākhināṃ śākhāskandhasarvavidāraṇe upajīvyadrumāṇāntu viṃśaterdviguṇā damāḥ(1)
For cutting a branch, the trunk, or the whole of trees that are putting out shoots (the fine is twenty); but for trees that people live off, the fines are double twenty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.26
यः साहसङ्कारयति स दाप्यो द्विगुणन्दमम् यस्त्वेवमुक्त्वाहं दाता कारयेत् स चतुर्गुणम्
yaḥ sāhasaṅkārayati sa dāpyo dviguṇandamam yastvevamuktvāhaṃ dātā kārayet sa caturguṇam
He who has an act of violence done (by another) is to be made to pay double the fine; but he who says 'I will pay (for it)' and has it done, fourfold.
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AgP 257.27
आर्याक्रोशातिक्रमकृद्भ्रातृजायाप्रहारदः सन्दिष्टस्याप्रदाता च समुद्रगृहभेदकः
āryākrośātikramakṛdbhrātṛjāyāprahāradaḥ sandiṣṭasyāpradātā ca samudragṛhabhedakaḥ
One who abuses or offends against respectable people, who strikes his brother's wife, who fails to hand over what was entrusted to him, and who breaks into a sealed container or a house —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.28
सामन्तकुलिकादीनामपकारस्य कारकः पञ्चाशत्पणिको दण्ड एषामिति विनिश् चयः
sāmantakulikādīnāmapakārasya kārakaḥ pañcāśatpaṇiko daṇḍa eṣāmiti viniś cayaḥ
One who commits an injury against neighbours, guild-members and the like — for these the fine is fifty paṇas: such is the ruling.
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AgP 257.29
स्वच्छन्दविधवागामी विक्रुष्टे नाभिधावकः अकारणे च विक्रोष्टा चण्डालश्चोत्तमान् स्पृशन्
svacchandavidhavāgāmī vikruṣṭe nābhidhāvakaḥ akāraṇe ca vikroṣṭā caṇḍālaścottamān spṛśan
One who goes to a widow at his own pleasure; one who does not run up when there is an outcry; one who raises an outcry without cause; and a caṇḍāla who touches men of the highest (classes) —
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AgP 257.30
शूद्रः प्रव्रजितानाञ्च दैवे पैत्र्ये च भोजकः :न् १ प्ररोहिशाखिनामित्यादिर्विंशतेर्द्विगुणा दमा इत्य् अन्तः पाठः ख॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् ४३२ अयुक्तं शपथं कुर्वन्नयोग्यो योग्यकर्मकृत्
śūdraḥ pravrajitānāñca daive paitrye ca bhojakaḥ :n 1 prarohiśākhināmityādirviṃśaterdviguṇā damā ity antaḥ pāṭhaḥ kha.. pustake nāsti :p 432 ayuktaṃ śapathaṃ kurvannayogyo yogyakarmakṛt
A śūdra, and one who feeds those who have gone forth (as ascetics) at rites for the gods and for the ancestors; [editorial note: the passage from 'prarohiśākhinām' to 'the fines are double of twenty' is not found in manuscript kha; page 432] one who makes an improper oath, an unqualified man who does the work of the qualified —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.31
वृषक्षुद्रपशूनाञ्च पूंस्त्वस्य प्रतिघातकृत् साधारणस्यापलोपी दासीगर्भविनाशकृत्
vṛṣakṣudrapaśūnāñca pūṃstvasya pratighātakṛt sādhāraṇasyāpalopī dāsīgarbhavināśakṛt
One who destroys the virility of a bull or of small livestock; one who makes away with common property; one who destroys the unborn child of a female slave —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.32
पितापुत्रस्वसृभ्रातृदम्पत्याचार्यशिष्यकाः एषामपतितान्योन्यत्यागी च शतदण्डभाक्
pitāputrasvasṛbhrātṛdampatyācāryaśiṣyakāḥ eṣāmapatitānyonyatyāgī ca śatadaṇḍabhāk
Father and son, sister, brother, husband and wife, teacher and pupil: and one who abandons any of these mutually when they are not fallen (from caste) incurs a fine of a hundred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.33
वसानस्त्रीन् पणान् दण्ड्यो नेजकस्तु परांशुकम् विक्रयावक्रयाधानयाचितेषु पणान् दश
vasānastrīn paṇān daṇḍyo nejakastu parāṃśukam vikrayāvakrayādhānayāciteṣu paṇān daśa
A washerman wearing another's garment is to be fined three paṇas; but in cases of selling, hiring out, pledging, or lending it, ten paṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.34
तुलाशासनमानानां कूटकृन्नाणकस्य च एभिश् च व्यवहर्ता यः स दाप्यो दण्डमुत्तमम्
tulāśāsanamānānāṃ kūṭakṛnnāṇakasya ca ebhiś ca vyavahartā yaḥ sa dāpyo daṇḍamuttamam
One who falsifies scales, standards and measures, and coin — and whoever trades with these — he is to be made to pay the highest fine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.35
अकूटं कूटकं ब्रूते कूटं यश्चाप्यकूटकम् स नाणकपरीक्षी तु दाप्यः प्रथमसाहसम्
akūṭaṃ kūṭakaṃ brūte kūṭaṃ yaścāpyakūṭakam sa nāṇakaparīkṣī tu dāpyaḥ prathamasāhasam
He who calls genuine coin false and also false coin genuine — that inspector of coins is to be made to pay the first (grade of) sāhasa fine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.36
भिषङ्मिथ्याचरन् दाप्यस्तिर्यक्षु प्रथमं दमम् मानुषे मध्यमं राजमानुषेषूत्तमन्तथा
bhiṣaṅmithyācaran dāpyastiryakṣu prathamaṃ damam mānuṣe madhyamaṃ rājamānuṣeṣūttamantathā
A physician who acts falsely is to be made to pay the first fine in the case of animals, the middle in the case of men, and the highest in the case of the king's men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.37
अबध्यं यश् च बध्नाति बध्यं यश् च प्रमुञ्चति अप्राप्तव्यवहारञ्च स दाप्यो दममुत्तमम्
abadhyaṃ yaś ca badhnāti badhyaṃ yaś ca pramuñcati aprāptavyavahārañca sa dāpyo damamuttamam
He who binds one who is not to be bound, and who releases one who is to be bound, and one who has not attained (competence in) legal transactions — he is to be made to pay the highest fine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.38
मानेन तुलया वापि यो ऽंशमष्टमकं हरेत् द्वाविंशतिपणान् दाप्यो वृद्धौ हानौ च कल्पितम्
mānena tulayā vāpi yo 'ṃśamaṣṭamakaṃ haret dvāviṃśatipaṇān dāpyo vṛddhau hānau ca kalpitam
Whoever, by measure or by scale, takes away an eighth part is to be made to pay twenty-two paṇas; and it is so reckoned in the case of increase or of decrease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.39
भेषजस्नेहलवणगन्धान्यगुडादिषु पण्येषु प्रक्षिपन् हीनं पणान्दाप्यस्तु षोडश
bheṣajasnehalavaṇagandhānyaguḍādiṣu paṇyeṣu prakṣipan hīnaṃ paṇāndāpyastu ṣoḍaśa
But one who puts inferior (stuff) into goods for sale such as medicines, oils, salt, perfumes, grain and molasses is to be made to pay sixteen paṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.40
सम्भूय कुर्वतामर्घं सबाधं कारुशिल्पिनां अर्थस्य ह्रासः वृद्धिं वा सहस्रो दण्ड उच्यते
sambhūya kurvatāmarghaṃ sabādhaṃ kāruśilpināṃ arthasya hrāsaḥ vṛddhiṃ vā sahasro daṇḍa ucyate
For artisans and craftsmen who combine to fix a price injuriously, causing a lowering or a raising of the value, a fine of a thousand is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.41
राजानि स्थाप्यते यो ऽर्थः प्रत्यहं तेन विक्रयः क्रयो वा निस्रवस्तस्माद्बणिजां लाभकृत् स्मृतः
rājāni sthāpyate yo 'rthaḥ pratyahaṃ tena vikrayaḥ krayo vā nisravastasmādbaṇijāṃ lābhakṛt smṛtaḥ
The price that is fixed by the king each day — by that (price) selling or buying (is to be done); the outflow from that is held to be what produces the merchants' profit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.42
:प् ४३३ स्वदेशपण्ये तु शतं बणिज् गृह्णीत पञ्चकं दशकं पारदेश्ये तु यः सद्यः क्रयविक्रयौ
:p 433 svadeśapaṇye tu śataṃ baṇij gṛhṇīta pañcakaṃ daśakaṃ pāradeśye tu yaḥ sadyaḥ krayavikrayau
But in goods of his own country a merchant may take five per hundred, and ten in the case of foreign goods — (this for) one whose buying and selling are immediate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.43
पण्यस्योपरि संस्थाप्य व्ययं पण्यसमुद्भवं अर्थो ऽनुग्रहकृत् कार्यः क्रेतुर्विक्रेतुरेव च
paṇyasyopari saṃsthāpya vyayaṃ paṇyasamudbhavaṃ artho 'nugrahakṛt kāryaḥ kreturvikretureva ca
Having added on top of the goods the expense arising from the goods, the price should be so made as to be a favour to both the buyer and the seller.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.44
गृहीतमूल्यं यः पण्यं क्रेतुर्नैव प्रयच्छति सोदयन्तस्य दाप्यो ऽसौ दिग्लाभं वा दिगागते
gṛhītamūlyaṃ yaḥ paṇyaṃ kreturnaiva prayacchati sodayantasya dāpyo 'sau diglābhaṃ vā digāgate
He who, having taken the price, does not hand over the goods to the buyer must pay them together with interest, or, if they came from (another) region, the regional profit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.45
विक्रीतमपि विक्रेयं पूर्वे क्रेतर्यगृह्णति हानिश्चेत् क्रेतृदोषेण क्रेतुरेव हि सा भवेत्
vikrītamapi vikreyaṃ pūrve kretaryagṛhṇati hāniścet kretṛdoṣeṇa kretureva hi sā bhavet
Even what has been sold may be sold (again) if the first buyer does not take it; and if there is a loss through the buyer's fault, that loss shall be the buyer's alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.46
राजदैवोपघातेन पण्ये दोषमुपागते हानिर्विक्रेतुरेवासौ याचितस्याप्रयच्छतः
rājadaivopaghātena paṇye doṣamupāgate hānirvikreturevāsau yācitasyāprayacchataḥ
When damage has come upon the goods through royal action or through fate, that loss is the seller's alone, if he did not hand them over when asked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.47
अन्यहस्ते च विक्रीतं दुष्टं वा दुष्टवद्यदि विक्रीनीते दमस्तत्र तन्मूल्यादद्विगुणो भवेत्
anyahaste ca vikrītaṃ duṣṭaṃ vā duṣṭavadyadi vikrīnīte damastatra tanmūlyādadviguṇo bhavet
And if he sells what has (already) been sold into another's hand, or what is defective as though it were not defective, the fine in that case shall be double its price.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.48
क्षयं वृद्धिञ्च बणिजा पण्यानामविजानता क्रीत्वा नानुशयः कार्यः कुर्वन् षड् भागदण्डभाक्
kṣayaṃ vṛddhiñca baṇijā paṇyānāmavijānatā krītvā nānuśayaḥ kāryaḥ kurvan ṣaḍ bhāgadaṇḍabhāk
A merchant who buys without knowing the fall and rise in (the price of) goods may not (afterwards) rescind (the sale); if he does so, he incurs a fine of a sixth (of the price).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.49
समवायेन बणिजां लाभार्थं कर्म कुर्वतां लभालाभौ यथा द्रव्यं यथा वा संविदा कृतौ
samavāyena baṇijāṃ lābhārthaṃ karma kurvatāṃ labhālābhau yathā dravyaṃ yathā vā saṃvidā kṛtau
For merchants doing business jointly for the sake of profit, gain and loss (are apportioned) in proportion to the capital (each contributed), or as they have settled by agreement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.50
प्रतिषिद्धमनादिष्टं प्रमादाद्यच्च नाशितं स तद्दयाद्विप्रवाच्च रक्षिताद्दशमांशभाक्
pratiṣiddhamanādiṣṭaṃ pramādādyacca nāśitaṃ sa taddayādvipravācca rakṣitāddaśamāṃśabhāk
What was forbidden, what was undertaken without instruction, and what was lost through carelessness — that he must make good; and out of (goods) saved from calamity he receives a tenth part.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.51
अर्थप्रेक्षपणाद्विंशं भागं शुल्कं नृपा हरेत् व्यासिद्धं राजयोग्यञ्च विक्रीतं राजगामि तत्
arthaprekṣapaṇādviṃśaṃ bhāgaṃ śulkaṃ nṛpā haret vyāsiddhaṃ rājayogyañca vikrītaṃ rājagāmi tat
After inspecting the value, the king should take as toll a twentieth part of the price; and what is prohibited (for trade) and what is fit for the king, if sold, goes to the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.52
मिथ्या वदन् परीमाणं शुल्कस्थानादपक्रमन् दाप्यस्त्वष्टगुणं यश् च सव्याजक्रयविक्रयौ
mithyā vadan parīmāṇaṃ śulkasthānādapakraman dāpyastvaṣṭaguṇaṃ yaś ca savyājakrayavikrayau
One who states the quantity falsely, slipping away from the toll-station, is to be made to pay eightfold, and so too one whose buying and selling involve fraud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.53
देशन्तरगते प्रेते द्रव्यं दायादबान्धवाः :प् ४३४ ज्ञातयो वा हरेयुस्तदागतास्तैर् विना नृपः
deśantaragate prete dravyaṃ dāyādabāndhavāḥ :p 434 jñātayo vā hareyustadāgatāstair vinā nṛpaḥ
When a man who has gone to another country dies, the heirs, relatives, or kinsmen who come there may take the property; in their absence, the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.54
जिह्मं त्यजेयुर्निर्लोभमशक्तो ऽन्येन कारयेत् अनेन विधिराख्यात ऋत्विक्कर्षकर्मिणां
jihmaṃ tyajeyurnirlobhamaśakto 'nyena kārayet anena vidhirākhyāta ṛtvikkarṣakarmiṇāṃ
Free from greed, they should reject what is crooked; one who is unable (to do the work) should have it done by another. By this (rule) the procedure for officiating priests and for those who do the work of ploughing has been declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.55
ग्राहकैर् गृह्यते चौरो लोप्त्रेणाथ पदेन वा पूर्वकर्मापराधी वा तथैवाशुद्धवासकः
grāhakair gṛhyate cauro loptreṇātha padena vā pūrvakarmāparādhī vā tathaivāśuddhavāsakaḥ
A thief is seized by the catchers with the stolen goods, or by his footprints, or (he is) one guilty of a former offence, and likewise one whose dwelling is not clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.56
अन्ये ऽपि शङ्कया ग्राह्या जातिनामादिनिह्नवैः द्यूतस्त्रीपानशक्ताश् च शुष्कभिन्नमुखस्वराः
anye 'pi śaṅkayā grāhyā jātināmādinihnavaiḥ dyūtastrīpānaśaktāś ca śuṣkabhinnamukhasvarāḥ
Others too are to be seized on suspicion: those who conceal their caste, name, and the like, those addicted to gambling, women and drink, and those whose face and voice are dry and broken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.57
परद्रव्यगृहाणाञ्च पृच्छका गूढचारिणः निराया व्ययवन्तश् च विनष्ट द्रव्यविक्रयाः
paradravyagṛhāṇāñca pṛcchakā gūḍhacāriṇaḥ nirāyā vyayavantaś ca vinaṣṭa dravyavikrayāḥ
And those who make inquiries about others' goods and houses, who move about in concealment, who have no income yet have expenditures, and who sell goods that have been lost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.58
गृहीतः शङ्कया चौर्येनात्मानञ्चेद्विशोधयेत् दापयित्वा हृतं द्रव्यं चौरदण्डेन दण्डयेत्
gṛhītaḥ śaṅkayā cauryenātmānañcedviśodhayet dāpayitvā hṛtaṃ dravyaṃ cauradaṇḍena daṇḍayet
If one seized on suspicion clears himself of the theft (he is released); (otherwise), having made him restore the stolen property, (the king) should punish him with the punishment for a thief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.59
चौरं प्रदाप्यापहृतं घातयेद्विविधैर् बुधैः सचिह्नं ब्राह्मणं कृत्वा स्वराष्ट्राद्विप्रवासयेत्
cauraṃ pradāpyāpahṛtaṃ ghātayedvividhair budhaiḥ sacihnaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ kṛtvā svarāṣṭrādvipravāsayet
Having made the thief restore what he carried off, (the king) should have him put to death by various (means) as advised by the learned; but a brahmin he should brand with a mark and banish from his own kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.60
घातिते ऽपहृते दोषो ग्रामभर्तुरनिर्गते स्वसीम्नि दद्याद्ग्रामस्तु पदं वा यत्र गच्छति
ghātite 'pahṛte doṣo grāmabharturanirgate svasīmni dadyādgrāmastu padaṃ vā yatra gacchati
When a man has been killed or (property) carried off, the blame falls on the lord of the village if (the thief) has not gone out (of it); within its own boundary the village must make it good, or (must follow) the track wherever it goes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.61
पञ्चग्रामी वहिः क्रोशाद्दशग्राम्य।अथ वा पुनः वन्दिग्राहांस् तथा वाजिकुञ्जराणाञ्च हारिणः
pañcagrāmī vahiḥ krośāddaśagrāmya.atha vā punaḥ vandigrāhāṃs tathā vājikuñjarāṇāñca hāriṇaḥ
(If it goes) beyond a krośa, a group of five villages, or else again a group of ten villages (is liable); likewise those who take captives and those who carry off horses and elephants,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.62
प्रसह्य घातिनश् चैव शूलमारोपयेन्नरान् उत्क्षेपकग्रन्थिभेदौ करसन्दंशहीनकौ
prasahya ghātinaś caiva śūlamāropayennarān utkṣepakagranthibhedau karasandaṃśahīnakau
and those who kill by violence — such men the (king) should impale. Snatchers and cutpurses are to be deprived of a hand and of the thumb-and-forefinger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.63
कार्यौ द्वितीयापराधे करपादैकहीनकौ भक्तावकाशाग्न्युदकमन्त्रापकरणव्ययान्
kāryau dvitīyāparādhe karapādaikahīnakau bhaktāvakāśāgnyudakamantrāpakaraṇavyayān
On a second offence they are to be made to lose one hand and one foot. The expenses of food, shelter, fire, water, counsel and implements —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.64
दत्त्वा चौरस्य हन्तुर्वा जानतो दम उत्तमः शस्त्रावपाते गर्भस्य पातने चोत्तमो दमः
dattvā caurasya hanturvā jānato dama uttamaḥ śastrāvapāte garbhasya pātane cottamo damaḥ
— having knowingly supplied these to a thief or a killer, (one incurs) the highest fine. For striking with a weapon and for causing abortion, the highest fine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.65
:प् ४३५ उत्तमो वाधमो वापि पुरुषस्त्रीप्रमापणे शिलां बद्ध्वा क्षिपेदप्सु नरघ्नीं विषदां स्त्रियं
:p 435 uttamo vādhamo vāpi puruṣastrīpramāpaṇe śilāṃ baddhvā kṣipedapsu naraghnīṃ viṣadāṃ striyaṃ
The highest or else the lowest (fine) for killing a man or a woman. Having bound a stone (to her), one should throw into the water a woman who kills a man or administers poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.66
विषाग्निदां निजगुरुनिजापत्यप्रमापणीं विकर्णकरनासौष्ठीं कृत्वा गोभिः प्रमापयेत्
viṣāgnidāṃ nijagurunijāpatyapramāpaṇīṃ vikarṇakaranāsauṣṭhīṃ kṛtvā gobhiḥ pramāpayet
A woman who administers poison or sets fire, who kills her own guru or her own child — having cut off her ears, hands, nose and lips, one should have her killed by cows (i.e. trampled by oxen).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.67
क्षेत्रवेश्मवनग्रामविवीतखलदाहकाः राजपत्न्य् अभिगामी च दग्धव्यास्तु कटाग्निना
kṣetraveśmavanagrāmavivītakhaladāhakāḥ rājapatny abhigāmī ca dagdhavyāstu kaṭāgninā
Burners of fields, houses, forests, villages, pastures and threshing-floors, and one who approaches the king's wife, are to be burnt with a fire of straw matting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.68
पुमान् संग्रहणे ग्राह्यः केशाकेशिपरस्त्रियाः स्वजातावुत्तमो दण्ड आनुलोम्ये तु मध्यमः
pumān saṃgrahaṇe grāhyaḥ keśākeśiparastriyāḥ svajātāvuttamo daṇḍa ānulomye tu madhyamaḥ
In (a case of) adultery the man is to be seized (when caught) in the hair-pulling (struggle) with another's wife; when (the woman is) of his own caste, the highest fine; but in a union with the current (of caste order, a man with a lower-caste woman), the middle (fine).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.69
प्रातिलोम्ये बधः पुंसां नार्याः कर्णावकर्तनम् नीवीस्तनप्रावरणनाभिकेशावमर्दनम्
prātilomye badhaḥ puṃsāṃ nāryāḥ karṇāvakartanam nīvīstanaprāvaraṇanābhikeśāvamardanam
In the against-the-current (case, i.e. a lower-caste man with a higher-caste woman) there is death for the men, and for the woman the cutting off of her ears; (also for) the pressing of the waistband, the breasts, the covering garment, the navel and the hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.70
अदेशकालसम्भाषं सहावस्थानमेव च स्त्री निषेधे शतं दद्याद् द्विशतन्तु दमं पुमान्
adeśakālasambhāṣaṃ sahāvasthānameva ca strī niṣedhe śataṃ dadyād dviśatantu damaṃ pumān
Conversing at an improper place and time, and likewise standing together—when it has been forbidden, the woman should pay a hundred, and the man a fine of two hundred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 257.71
प्रतिषेधे तयोर्दण्डो यथा संग्रहणे तथा पशून् गच्छंश्छतं दाप्यो हीनां स्त्रीं गाश् च मध्यमम्
pratiṣedhe tayordaṇḍo yathā saṃgrahaṇe tathā paśūn gacchaṃśchataṃ dāpyo hīnāṃ strīṃ gāś ca madhyamam
When the two have been forbidden, the punishment for them is as in (the case of) adultery. One who goes to animals is to be made to pay a hundred; and (for going to) a low-caste woman or to cows, the middle (fine).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.72
अवरुद्धासु दासीषु भुजिष्यासु तथैव च गम्यास्वपि पुमान्दाप्यः पञ्चाशत् पणिकन्दमम्
avaruddhāsu dāsīṣu bhujiṣyāsu tathaiva ca gamyāsvapi pumāndāpyaḥ pañcāśat paṇikandamam
With confined female slaves, and likewise with kept women, even when they are approachable, the man is to be made to pay a fine of fifty paṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 257.73
प्रसह्य दास्यभिगमे दण्डो दशपणः स्मृतः कुबन्धेनाङ्क्य गमयेदन्त्याप्रव्रजितागमे
prasahya dāsyabhigame daṇḍo daśapaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ kubandhenāṅkya gamayedantyāpravrajitāgame
For approaching a female slave by force, the punishment is declared to be ten paṇas. For intercourse with a low-caste woman or a female ascetic, (the king) should brand (him) with a shameful mark and banish (him).
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AgP 257.74
न्यूनं वाप्यधिकं वापि लिखेद्यो राजशासनम् पारदारिकचौरं वा मुञ्चतो दण्ड उत्तमः
nyūnaṃ vāpyadhikaṃ vāpi likhedyo rājaśāsanam pāradārikacauraṃ vā muñcato daṇḍa uttamaḥ
Whoever writes the king's edict with something less or something more (than dictated), or (whoever) releases an adulterer or a thief—the punishment is the highest.
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AgP 257.75
अभक्षैर् दूषयन् विप्रं दण्ड उत्तमसाहसम् कूटस्वर्णव्यवहारी विमांसस्य च विक्रयी
abhakṣair dūṣayan vipraṃ daṇḍa uttamasāhasam kūṭasvarṇavyavahārī vimāṃsasya ca vikrayī
For one who defiles a brahmin with forbidden foods, the punishment is the highest fine; (so too for) one who deals in counterfeit gold and one who sells forbidden meat.
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AgP 257.76
अङ्गहीनश् च कर्तव्यो दाप्यश्चोत्तमसाहसं :प् ४३६ शक्तो ह्य् अमोक्षयन् स्वामी दंष्ट्रिणः शृङ्गिणस् तथा
aṅgahīnaś ca kartavyo dāpyaścottamasāhasaṃ :p 436 śakto hy amokṣayan svāmī daṃṣṭriṇaḥ śṛṅgiṇas tathā
And he is to be made limbless (mutilated) and made to pay the highest fine; (likewise) an owner who, though able, does not restrain a tusked or horned animal.
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AgP 257.77
प्रथमं साहसं दद्याद्विक्रुष्टे द्विगुणं तथा अचौरञ्चौरे ऽभिवदन् दाप्यः पञ्चशतं दमं
prathamaṃ sāhasaṃ dadyādvikruṣṭe dviguṇaṃ tathā acaurañcaure 'bhivadan dāpyaḥ pañcaśataṃ damaṃ
He should pay the first (degree of) fine; when there has been an outcry, double that. One who calls a non-thief a thief is to be made to pay a fine of five hundred.
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AgP 257.78
राज्ञो ऽनिष्टप्रवक्तारं तस्यैवाक्रोशकं तथा मृताङ्गलग्नविक्रेतुर्गुरोस्ताडयितुस् तथा
rājño 'niṣṭapravaktāraṃ tasyaivākrośakaṃ tathā mṛtāṅgalagnavikreturgurostāḍayitus tathā
One who utters what is unwelcome about the king, and likewise one who reviles him, and one who sells (something) attached to the limb of a corpse, and likewise one who strikes his teacher—
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AgP 257.79
तन्मन्त्रस्य च भेत्तारं छित्त्वा जिह्वां प्रवासयेत् राजयानासनारोढुर्दण्डो मध्यमसाहसः
tanmantrasya ca bhettāraṃ chittvā jihvāṃ pravāsayet rājayānāsanāroḍhurdaṇḍo madhyamasāhasaḥ
—and one who divulges his counsel: (the king) should cut out his tongue and banish him. For one who mounts the king's vehicle or seat, the punishment is the middle fine.
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AgP 257.80
द्विनेत्रभेदिनो राजद्विष्टादेशकृतस् तथा विप्रत्वेन च शूद्रस्य जीवतो ऽष्टशतो दमः
dvinetrabhedino rājadviṣṭādeśakṛtas tathā vipratvena ca śūdrasya jīvato 'ṣṭaśato damaḥ
For one who puts out both eyes, for one who carries out an order hated by the king, and for a śūdra who lives as though he were a brahmin, the fine is eight hundred.
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AgP 257.81
यो मन्येताजितो ऽस्मीति न्यायेनाभिपराजितः तमायान्तं पुनर्जित्वा दण्डयेद्द्विगुणं दमं
yo manyetājito 'smīti nyāyenābhiparājitaḥ tamāyāntaṃ punarjitvā daṇḍayeddviguṇaṃ damaṃ
He who, having been lawfully defeated, thinks 'I am not defeated'—when he comes again (to court), having defeated him again (the king) should punish him with double the fine.
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AgP 257.82
राज्ञान्यायेन यो दण्डो गृहीतो वरुणायतं विवेद्य दद्याद्विप्रेभ्यः स्वयं त्रिंशद्गुणीकृतं
rājñānyāyena yo daṇḍo gṛhīto varuṇāyataṃ vivedya dadyādviprebhyaḥ svayaṃ triṃśadguṇīkṛtaṃ
Whatever fine has been taken unlawfully by the king is (an offering) belonging to Varuṇa; having announced it, he should himself give it to brahmins, multiplied thirtyfold.
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AgP 257.83
धर्मश्चार्थश् च कीर्तिञ्च लोकपङ्क्तिरुपग्रहः प्रजाभ्यो बहुमानञ्च स्वर्गस्थानञ्च शाश्वतम्
dharmaścārthaś ca kīrtiñca lokapaṅktirupagrahaḥ prajābhyo bahumānañca svargasthānañca śāśvatam
Dharma, wealth, fame, standing among people, support, honour from the subjects, and an everlasting place in heaven—
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AgP 257.84
पश्यतो व्यवहारांश् च गुणाः स्युः सप्त भूपतेः
paśyato vyavahārāṃś ca guṇāḥ syuḥ sapta bhūpateḥ
—these seven should be the good results for a ruler of the earth who examines lawsuits.
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