Dharmasūtra · Chapter 13

vipratipattau sākṣinimittā satyavyavasthā |

bahavaḥ syur aninditāḥ svakarmasu prātyayikā rājñāṃniṣprītyanabhitāpāś cānyatarasmin |

api śūdrāḥ |

brāhmaṇas tv abrāhmaṇavacanād anavarodhyo 'nibaddhaścet |

nāsamavetāpṛṣṭāḥ prabrūyuḥ |

avacane 'nyathāvacane ca doṣiṇaḥ(doṣa-) syuḥ |

svargaḥ satyavacane viparyaye narakaḥ |

anibaddhair api vaktavyam |

na pīḍākṛte nibandhaḥ |

pramattokte ca |

sākṣisabhyarājakartṛṣu doṣo dharmatantrapīḍāyām |

śapathenaike satyakarma |

taddevarājabrāhmaṇasaṃsadi syād abrāhmaṇānām |

kṣudrapaśvanṛte sākṣī daśa hanti |

gośvapuruṣabhūmiṣu daśaguṇottarān |

sarvaṃ vā bhūmau |

haraṇe narakaḥ |

bhūmivad apsu |

maithunasaṃyoge ca |

paśuvan madhusarpiṣoḥ |

govad vastrahiraṇyadhānyabrahmasu |

yāneṣu aśvavat |

mithyāvacane yāpyo daṇḍyaś ca sākṣī |

nānṛtavacane doṣo jīvanaṃ cet tadadhīnam |

na tu pāpīyaso jīvanam |

rājā prāḍvivāko brāhmaṇo vā śāstravit |

prāḍvivākam adhyābhavet |

saṃvatsaraṃ pratīkṣetāpratibhāyām |

dhenvanaḍutstrīprajananasaṃyuṃkte caśīghram |

ātyayike ca |

sarvadharmebhyo garīyaḥ prāḍvivāke satyavacanaṃsatyavacanam |