Bṛhaspatismṛti · Chapter 1.20
apriyoktis tāḍanaṃ ca pāruṣyaṃ dvividhaṃ smṛtam /
ekaikaṃ tu tridhā bhinnaṃ damaś coktas trilakṣaṇaḥ //
deśadharmakulādīnāṃ kṣepaḥ pāpena yojanam /
dravyaṃ vinā tu prathamaṃ vākpāruṣyaṃ tad ucyate //
bhaginībhrātṛsaṃbaddham upapātakaśaṃsanam /
pāruṣyaṃ madhyamaṃ proktaṃ vācikaṃ śāstravedibhiḥ //
abhakṣyāpeyakathanaṃ mahāpātakadūṣaṇam /
pāruṣyam uttamaṃ proktaṃ tīvram armābhipātanam //
samajātiguṇānāṃ tu vākpāruṣye parasparam /
vinayo 'bhihitaḥ śāstre paṇas tv ardhatrayodaśaḥ //
daṇḍaḥ kāṇakhañjādīnāṃ tathāvidhān api kārṣāpaṇadvayam //
savarṇākrośane sārdhadvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ /
hīnavarṇe kākiṇyadhikaṣaṭpaṇo daṇḍaḥ //
samānayoḥ samo daṇḍo nyūnasya dviguṇas tu saḥ /
uttamasyādhikaḥ prokto vākpāruṣye parasparam //
kṣipan svasrādikaṃ dadyāt pañcāśatpaṇikaṃ damam /
guṇahīnasya pāruṣye brāhmaṇo nāparādhnuyāt //
patitaṃ patitety uktvā coraṃ coreti vā punaḥ /
vacanāt tulyadoṣaḥ syāt //
dharmopadeśaṃ dharmeṇa viprāṇām asya kurvataḥ /
taptam āsiñcayet tailaṃ vaktre śrotre ca pārthivaḥ //
vipre śatārdhaṃ daṇḍas tu kṣatriyasyābhiśaṃsane /
viśas tathārdhapañcāśac chūdrasyārdhatrayodaśa //
sacchūdrasyāyam uddiṣṭo vinayo 'naparādhinaḥ /
guṇahīnasya pāruṣye brāhmaṇo nāparādhnuyāt //
vaiśyasya kṣatriyākrośe daṇḍanīyaḥ prado bhavet /
tadardhaṃ kṣatriyo vaiśyaṃ kṣipan vinayam arhati //
śūdrākrośe kṣatriyasya pañcaviṃśatiko damaḥ /
bṛhatve dviguṇaṃ tatra śāstravidbhir udāhṛtam //
vaiśyam ākṣārayañ śūdro dāpyaḥ syāt prathamaṃ damam /
kṣatriyaṃ madhyamaṃ caiva vipram uttamasāhasam //
deśādikaṃ kṣipan dāpyaḥ paṇān ardhatrayodaśa /
pāpena yojayan darpād dāpyaḥ prathamasāhasam //
dharmopadeśakartā ca vedodāharaṇānvitaḥ /
ākrośakas tu viprāṇāṃ jihvāc chedena daṇḍyate //
eṣa daṇḍaḥ samākhyātaḥ puruṣāpekṣayā mayā /
samanyūnādhikatvena kalpanīyo manīṣibhiḥ //
Original text: Bṛhaspatismṛti (vyavahārakaṇḍa) · Edition: K. V. Rangaswami Aiyangar Bṛhaspatismṛti (Reconstructed) Baroda Oriental Institute Gaekwad Oriental Series 85 · Data entry Yasuke Ikari Akihiko Akamatsu · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0