Kātyāyanasmṛti · Verses 281-300

dhanikena svahastena likhitaṃ sākṣivarjitam /
bhavet kūṭaṃ na cet kartā kṛtaṃ hīti vibhāvayet //

dattaṃ lekhye svahastaṃ tu ṛṇiko yadi nihnate /
patrasthaiḥ sākṣibhir vācyo lekhakasya matena vā //

kṛtākṛtavivādeṣu sākṣibhiḥ patranirṇayaḥ /
dūṣite patrake vādī tadārūḍhāṃs tu nirdiśet //

trividhasyāpi lekhyasya bhrāntiḥ sañjāyate nṛṇām /
ṛṇisākṣilekhakānāṃ hastoktyā sādhayet tataḥ //

atha pañcatvam āpanno lekhakaḥ saha sākṣibhiḥ /
tatsvahastādibhis teṣāṃ viśudhyet tu na saṃśayaḥ //

ṛṇisvahastasaṃdehe jīvato vā mṛtasya vā /
tatsvahastakṛtair anyaiḥ patrais tallekhyanirṇayaḥ //

samudre 'pi lekhye mṛtāḥ sarve 'pi te sthitāḥ (?) /
likhitaṃ tatpramāṇaṃ tu mṛteṣv api hi teṣu ca //

pratyakṣam anumānena na kadācit prabādhyate /
tasmāl lekhyasya duṣṭasya vacobhiḥ sākṣiṇāṃ bhavet //

nirṇayaḥ svadhanārthaṃ hi patraṃ dūṣayati svayam /
likhitaṃ likhitenaiva sākṣimatsākṣibhir haret //

kūṭoktau sākṣiṇāṃ vākyāl lekhakasya ca patrakam /
nayec chuddhiṃ na yaḥ kūṭaṃ sa dāpyo damam uttamam //

āḍhyasya nikaṭasthasya yac chaktena na yācitam /
śuddharṇaśaṅkayā tat tu lekhyaṃ durbalatām iyāt //

lekhyaṃ triṃśatsamātītam adṛṣṭāśrāvitaṃ ca yat /
na tat siddhim avāpnoti tiṣṭhatsv api hi sākṣiṣu //

prayukte śāntalābhe tu likhitaṃ yo na darśayet /
naiva yāceta ṛṇikaṃ na tat siddhim avāpnuyāt //

paścāt kāranibaddhaṃ yat tad yatnena vicārayet /
yadi syād yuktiyuktaṃ tu pramāṇaṃ likhitaṃ tadā //

anyathā dūrataḥ kāryaṃ punar eva vinirṇayet /
atathyaṃ tathyabhāvena sthāpitaṃ jñānavibhramāt /
nivartyaṃ tatpramāṇaṃ syād yatnenāpi kṛtaṃ nṛpaiḥ //

mudrāśuddhaṃ kriyāśuddhaṃ bhuktiśuddhaṃ sacihnakam /
rājñaḥ svahastasaṃśuddhaṃ śuddhim āyāti śāsanam //

nirdoṣaṃ prathitaṃ yat tu lekhyaṃ tat siddhim āpnuyāt //

dṛṣṭe patre sphuṭān doṣān noktav ānṛṇiko yadi /
tato viṃśativarṣāṇi sthitaṃ patraṃ sthiraṃ bhavet //

śaktasya saṃnidhāv arthe yena lekhyena bhujyate /
varṣāṇi viṃśatiṃ yāvat tat patraṃ doṣavarjitam //

atha viṃśativarṣāṇi ādhir bhuktaḥ suniścitam /
tena lekhyena tat siddhir lekhyadoṣavivarjitā //