Kātyāyanasmṛti · Verses 321-340
smārtakāle kriyā bhūmeḥ sāgamā bhuktir iṣyate /
asmārte 'nugamābhāvāt kramāt tripuruṣāgatā //
ādau tu kāraṇaṃ madhye bhuktis tu sāgamā (?) /
kāraṇaṃ bhuktir evaikā saṃtatā yā tripauruṣī //
āhartā bhuktiyukto 'pi lekhyadoṣān viśodhayet /
tatsuto bhuktidoṣāṃs tu lekhyadoṣāṃs tu nāpnuyāt //
yenopāttaṃ hi yad dravyaṃ so 'bhiyuktas tad uddharet /
cirakālopabhoge 'pi bhuktis tasyaiva neṣyate //
cirantanam avijñātaṃ bhogaṃ lobhān na cālayet //
pitrā bhuktaṃ tu yad dravyaṃ bhuktyācāreṇa dharmataḥ /
tasmin prete na vācyo 'sau bhuktyā prāptaṃ hi tasya tat //
tribhir eva tu yā bhuktā puruṣair bhū yathāvidhi /
lekhyābhāve 'pi tāṃ tatra caturthaḥ samavāpnuyāt //
yathā kṣīraṃ janayati dadhi kālād rasānvitam /
dānahetus tathā kālād bhogas tripuruṣāgataḥ //
bhuktir balavatī śāstre saṃtatā yā cirantanī /
vicchinnāpi sā jñeyā yā tu pūrvaprasādhitā //
na bhogaṃ kalpayet strīṣu devarājadhaneṣu ca /
bālaśrotriyavit te ca mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaḥ kramāt //
brahmacarī caret kaścid avrataṃ ṣaṭtriṃśadābdikam /
arthārthī cānyaviṣaye dīrghakālaṃ vasen naraḥ //
samāvṛtto 'vratī kuryāt svadhanānveṣaṇaṃ tataḥ /
pañcāśadābdiko bhogas tad dhanasyāpahārakaḥ //
pravivedaṃ dvādaśābdaḥ kālo vidyārthināṃ smṛtaḥ /
śilpavidyārthināṃ caiva grahaṇāntaḥ prakīrtitaḥ //
suhṛdbhir bandhubhiś caiṣāṃ yat svaṃ bhuktam apaśyatām /
nṛpāparādhināṃ caiva na tat kālena hīyate //
sanābhibhir bāndhavaiś ca yad bhuktaṃ svajanais tathā /
bhogāt tatra na siddhiḥ syād bhogam anyatra kalpayet //
arthinābhyarthito yas tu vighātaṃ na prayojayet /
tricatuḥpañcakṛtvo vā paras tad ṛṇī bhavet //
dānaṃ prajñāpanā bhedaḥ saṃpralobhakriyā ca yā /
cittāpanayanaṃ caiva hetavo hi vibhāvakāḥ //
eṣām anyatamo yatra vādinā bhāvito bhavet /
mūlakriyā tu tatra syād bhāvite vādinihnave //
na kālaharaṇaṃ kāryaṃ rājñā sākṣiprabhāṣaṇe /
mahān doṣo bhavet kālād dharmavyāvṛttilakṣaṇaḥ //
upasthitān parīkṣeta sākṣiṇo nṛpatiḥ svayam /
sākṣibhir bhāṣitaṃ vākyaṃ sabhyaiḥ saha parīkṣayet //
Original text: Kātyāyanasmṛti · Edition: Pandurang Vaman Kane Kātyāyanasmṛtisāroddhāraḥ or Kātyāyanasmṛti on vyavahāra (law and procedure). Text (reconstructed), translation, notes and introduction Bombay · Data entry Akihiko Akamatsu · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0