Arthashastra · Chapter 03.18
vāk.pāruṣyam upavādaḥ kutsanam abhibhartsanam iti //
śarīra.prakṛti.śruta.vṛtti.jana.padānāṃ śarīra.upavāde kāṇa.khañja.ādibhiḥ satye tri.paṇo daṇḍaḥ, mithyā.upavāde ṣaṭ.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //
"śobhana.akṣimantaḥ" iti kāṇa.khañja.ādīnāṃ stuti.nindāyāṃ dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //
kuṣṭha.unmāda.klaibya.ādibhiḥ kutsāyāṃ ca satya.mithyā.stuti.nindāsu dvādaśa.paṇa.uttarā daṇḍās tulyeṣu //
viśiṣṭeṣu dvi.guṇāḥ, hīneṣv ardha.daṇḍāḥ, para.strīṣu dvi.guṇāḥ, pramāda.mada.moha.ādibhir ardha.daṇḍāḥ //
kuṣṭha.unmādayoś cikitsakāḥ saṃnikṛṣṭā pumāṃsaś ca pramāṇaṃ, klība.bhāve striyo mūtra.pheno^apsu viṣṭhā.nimajjanaṃ ca //
prakṛty.upavāde brāhmaṇa.kṣatriya.vaiśya.śūdra.anta.avasāyinām apareṇa pūrvasya tri.paṇa.uttarā daṇḍāḥ, pūrveṇa^aparasya dvi.paṇa.adharāḥ, kubrāhmaṇa.ādibhiś ca kutsāyām //
tena śruta.upavādo vāg.jīvanānāṃ, kāru.kuśīlavānāṃ vṛtty.upavādaḥ, prājjūṇaka.gāndhāra.ādīnāṃ ca jana.pada.upavādā vyākhyātāḥ //
yaḥ paraṃ "evaṃ tvāṃ kariṣyāmi" iti karaṇena^abhibhartsayed, akaraṇe yas tasya karaṇe daṇḍas tato^ardha.daṇḍaṃ dadyāt //
aśaktaḥ kopaṃ madaṃ mohaṃ vā^apadiśed dvādaśa.paṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ dadyāt //
jāta.vaira.āśayaḥ śaktaś ca^apakartuṃ yāvaj.jīvika.avasthaṃ dadyāt //
KAZ03.18.12ab/ sva.deśa.grāmayoḥ pūrvaṃ madhyamaṃ jāti.saṃghayoḥ /
KAZ03.18.12cd/ ākrośād deva.caityānām uttamaṃ daṇḍam arhati //E
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Original text: Arthaśāstra · Edition: R. P. Kangle's edition: The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra, A critical Edtion with a Glossary, Second edition, University of Bombay 1969. · Data entry Muneo Tokunaga · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0