Arthashastra · Chapter 02.26

sūnā.adhyakṣaḥ pradiṣṭa.abhayānām abhaya.vana.vāsināṃ ca mṛga.paśu.pakṣi.matsyānāṃ bandha.vadha.hiṃsāyām uttamaṃ daṇḍaṃ kārayet, kuṭumbinām abhaya.vana.parigraheṣu madhyamam //

apravṛtta.vadhānāṃ matsya.pakṣiṇāṃ bandha.vadha.hiṃsāyāṃ pāda.ūna.sapta.viṃśati.paṇam atyayaṃ kuryāt, mṛga.paśūnāṃ dvi.guṇam //

pravṛtta.hiṃsānām aparigṛhītānāṃ ṣaḍ.bhāgaṃ gṛhṇīyāt, matsya.pakṣiṇāṃ daśa.bhāgaṃ vā^adhikam, mṛga.paśūnāṃ śulkaṃ vā^adhikam //

pakṣi.mṛgāṇāṃ jīvat ṣaḍ.bhāgam abhaya.vaneṣu pramuñcet //

sāmudra.hasty.aśva.puruṣa.vṛṣa.gardabha.ākṛtayo matsyāḥ sārasā na^ādeyās taṭāka.kulyā.udbhavā vā krauñca.utkrośaka.dātyūha.haṃsa.cakravāka.jīvan.jīvaka.bhṛṅga.rāja.cakora.matta.kokila.mayūra.śuka.madana.śārikā vihāra.pakṣiṇo maṅgalyāś ca^anye^api prāṇinaḥ pakṣi.mṛgā hiṃsā.bādhebhyo rakṣyāḥ //

rakṣā.atikrame pūrvaḥ sāhasa.daṇḍaḥ //

mṛga.paśūnām anasthi.māṃsaṃ sadyo.hataṃ vikrīṇīran //

asthimataḥ pratipātaṃ dadyuḥ //

tulā.hīne hīna.aṣṭa.guṇam //

vatso vṛṣo dhenuś ca^eṣām avadhyāḥ //

ghnataḥ pañcāśatko daṇḍaḥ, kliṣṭa.ghātaṃ ghātayataś ca //

pariśūnam aśiraḥ.pāda.asthi vigandhaṃ svayaṃ.mṛtaṃ ca na vikrīṇīran //

anyathā dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //
KAZ02.26.14ab/ duṣṭāḥ paśu.mṛga.vyālā matsyaś ca^abhaya.cāriṇaḥ /
KAZ02.26.14cd/ anyatra gupti.sthānebhyo vadha.bandham avāpnuyuḥ //E
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