Mitakshara · Chapter 2

vyavahārān nṛpaḥ paśyed vidvadbhir brāhmaṇaiḥ saha |
dharmaśāstrānusāreṇa krodhalobhavivarjitaḥ ||

śrutādhyayansaṃpannā dharmajñāḥ satyavādinaḥ |
rājñā sabhāsadaḥ kāryā ripau mitre ca ye samāḥ ||

apaśyatā kāryavaśād vyavahārān nṛpeṇa tu |
sabhyaiḥ saha niyoktavyo brāhmaṇaḥ sarvadharmavit ||

rāgāl lobhād bhayād vāpi smṛtyapetādikāriṇaḥ |
sabhyāḥ pṛthak pṛthag daṇḍyā vivādād dviguṇaṃ damam ||

smṛtyācāravyapetena mārgeṇādharṣitaḥ paraiḥ |
āvedayati ced rājñe vyavahārapadaṃ hi tat ||

pratyarthino 'grato lekhyaṃ yathāveditam arthinā |
samāmāsatadardhāharnāmajātyādicihnitam ||

nihnave bhāvito dadyād dhanaṃ rājñe ca tatsamam |
mithyābhiyogī dviguṇam abhiyogād dhanaṃ vahet ||

sāhasasteyapāruṣyago'bhiśāpātyaye striyām |
vivādayet sadya eva kālo 'nyatrecchayā smṛtaḥ ||

deśād deśāntaraṃ yāti sṛkkiṇī parileḍhi ca |
lalāṭaṃ svidyate cāsya mukhaṃ vaivarṇyam eti ca ||

pariśuṣyatskhaladvākyo viruddhaṃ bahu bhāṣate |
vākcakṣuḥ pūjayati no tathoṣṭhau nirbhujaty api ||

svabhāvād vikṛtiṃ gacched manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ |
abhiyoge ca sākṣye vā duṣṭaḥ sa parikīrtitaḥ ||

saṃdigdhārthaṃ svatantro yaḥ sādhayed yaś ca niṣpatet |
na cāhūto vadet kiṃcid dhīno daṇḍyaś ca sa smṛtaḥ ||

sākṣiṣūbhayataḥ satsu sākṣiṇaḥ pūrvavādinaḥ |
pūrvapakṣe 'dharībhūte bhavanty uttaravādinaḥ ||

sapaṇaś ced vivādaḥ syāt tatra hīnaṃ tu dāpayet |
daṇḍaṃ ca svapaṇaṃ caiva dhanine dhanam eva ca ||

chalaṃ nirasya bhūtena vyavahārān nayen nṛpaḥ |
bhūtam apy anupanyas taṃ hīyate vyavahārataḥ ||

nihnute likhitaṃ naikam ekadeśe vibhāvitaḥ |
dāpyaḥ sarvaṃ nṛpeṇārthaṃ na grāhyas tv aniveditaḥ ||

pramāṇaṃ likhitaṃ bhuktiḥ sākṣiṇaś ceti kīrtitam |
eṣām anyatamābhāve divyānyatamam ucyate ||

paśyato bruvato bhūmer hānir viṃśativārṣikī |
pareṇa bhujyamānāyā dhanasya daśavārṣikī ||

ādhisīmopanikṣepajaḍabāladhanair vinā |
tathopanidhirājastrīśrotriyāṇāṃ dhanair api ||

ādhyādīnāṃ vihartāraṃ dhanine dāpayed dhanam |
daṇḍaṃ ca tatsamaṃ rājñe śaktyapekṣam athāpi vā ||

āgamas tu kṛto yena so 'bhiyuktas tam uddharet |
na tatsutas tatsuto vā bhuktis tatra garīyasī ||

yo 'bhiyuktaḥ paretaḥ syāt tasya rikthī tam uddharet |
na tatra kāraṇaṃ bhuktir āgamena vinā kṛtā ||

nṛpeṇādhikṛtāḥ pūgāḥ śreṇayo 'tha kulāni ca |
pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ guru jñeyaṃ vyavahāravidhau nṛṇām ||

balopādhivinirvṛttān vyavahārān nivartayet |
strīnaktamantarāgārabahiḥśatrukṛtāṃs tathā ||

mattonmattārtavyasanibālabhītādiyojitaḥ |
asaṃbaddhakṛtaś caiva vyavahāro na sidhyati ||

pranaṣṭādhigataṃ deyaṃ nṛpeṇa dhanine dhanam |
vibhāvayen na cel liṅgais tatsamaṃ daṇḍam arhati ||

rājā labdhvā nidhiṃ dadyād dvijebhyo 'rdhaṃ dvijaḥ punaḥ |
vidvān aśeṣam ādadyāt sa sarvasya prabhur yataḥ ||

itareṇa nidhau labdhe rājā ṣaṣṭhāṃśam āharet |
aniveditavijñāto dāpyas taṃ daṇḍam eva ca ||

deyaṃ caurahṛtaṃ dravyaṃ rājñā jānapadāya tu |
adadad dhi samāpnoti kilbiṣaṃ yasya tasya tat ||

aśītibhāgo vṛddhiḥ syān māsi māsi sabandhake |
varṇakramāc chataṃ dvitricatuḥpañcakam anyathā ||

prapannaṃ sādhayann arthaṃ na vācyo nṛpater bhavet |
sādhyamāno nṛpaṃ gacched daṇḍyo dāpyaś ca tad dhanam ||

gṛhītānukramād dāpyo dhaninām adhamarṇikaḥ |
dattvā tu brāhmaṇāyaiva nṛpates tadanantaram ||

rājñādhamarṇiko dāpyaḥ sādhitād daśakaṃ śatam |
pañcakaṃ ca śataṃ dāpyaḥ prāptārtho hy uttamarṇikaḥ ||

hīnajātiṃ parikṣīṇam ṛṇārthaṃ karma kārayet |
brāhmaṇas tu parikṣīṇaḥ śanair dāpyo yathodayam ||

dīpyamānaṃ na gṛhṇāti prayuktaṃ yaḥ svakaṃ dhanam |
madhyasthasthāpitaṃ cet syād vardhate na tataḥ param ||

avibhaktaiḥ kuṭumbārthe yad ṛṇaṃ tu kṛtaṃ bhavet |
dadyus tad rikthanaḥ prete proṣite vā kuṭumbini ||

na yoṣit patiputrābhyāṃ na putreṇa kṛtaṃ pitā |
dadyād ṛte kuṭumbārthān na patiḥ strīkṛtaṃ tathā ||

surākāmadyūtakṛtaṃ daṇḍaśulkāvaśiṣṭakam |
vṛthādānaṃ tathaiveha putro dadyān na paitṛkam ||

gopaśauṇḍikaśailūṣarajakavyādhayoṣitām |
ṛṇaṃ dadyāt patis tāsāṃ yasmād vṛttis tadāśrayā ||

pratipannaṃ striyā deyaṃ patyā vā saha yat kṛtam |
svayaṃ kṛtaṃ vā yad ṛṇaṃ nānyat strī dātum arahati ||

pitari proṣite prete vyasanābhiplute 'pi vā |
putrapautrair ṛṇaṃ deyaṃ nihnave sākṣibhāvitam ||

rikthagrāha ṛṇaṃ dāpyo yoṣidgrāhas tathaiva ca |
putro 'nanyāśritadravyaḥ putrahīnasya rikthinaḥ ||

bhrātṝṇām atha dampatyoḥ pituḥ putrasya caiva hi |
prātibhāvyam ṛṇaṃ sākṣyam avibhakte na tu smṛtam ||

darśane pratyaye dāne prātibhāvyaṃ vidhīyate |
ādyau tu vitathe dāpyāv itarasya sutā api ||

darśanapratibhūr yatra mṛtaḥ prātyayiko 'pi vā |
na tatputrā ṛṇaṃ dadyur dadyur dānāya yaḥ sthitaḥ ||

bahavaḥ syur yadi svāṃśair dadyuḥ pratibhuvo dhanam |
ekacchāyāśriteṣv eṣu dhanikasya yathāruci ||

pratibhūr dāpito yat tu prakāśaṃ dhanino dhanam |
dviguṇaṃ pratidātavyam ṛṇikais tasya tad bhavet ||

saṃtatiḥ strīpaśuṣv eva dhānyaṃ triguṇam eva ca |
vastraṃ caturguṇaṃ proktaṃ rasaś cāṣṭaguṇas tathā ||

ādhiḥ praṇaśyed dviguṇe dhane yadi na mokṣyate |
kāle kālakṛto naśyet phalabhogyo na naśyati ||

gopyādhibhoge no vṛddhiḥ sopakāre ca hāpite |
naṣṭo deyo vinaṣṭaś ca daivarājakṛtād ṛte ||

ādheḥ svīkarṇāt siddhī rakṣyamāṇo 'py asāratām |
yātaś ced anya ādheyo dhanabhāg vā dhanī bhavet ||

caritrabandhakakṛtaṃ savṛddhyā dāpayed dhanam ||
satyaṃkārakṛtaṃ dravyaṃ dviguṇaṃ pratidāpayet ||

upasthitasya bhoktavya ādhiḥ steno 'nyathā bhavet |
prayojake 'sati dhanaṃ kule 'nyasyādhim āpnuyāt ||

yadā tu dviguṇībhūtam ṛṇam ādhau tadā khalu |
mocya ādhis tad utpanne praviṣṭe dviguṇe dhane ||

vāsanastham anākhyāya haste 'nyasya yad arpyate |
dravyaṃ tad aupanidhikaṃ pratideyaṃ tathaiva tat ||

tapasvino dānaśīlāḥ kulīnāḥ satyavādinaḥ |
dharmapradhānā ṛjavaḥ putravanto dhanānvitāḥ ||

tryavarāḥ sākṣiṇo jñeyāḥ śrautasmārtakriyāparāḥ |
yathājāti yathāvarṇaṃ sarve sarveṣu vā smṛtāḥ ||

strībālavṛddhakitavamattonmattābhiśastakāḥ |
raṅgāvatāripākhaṇḍikūṭakṛdvikalendriyāḥ ||

patitāptārthasaṃbandhisahāyariputaskarāḥ |
sāhasī dṛṣṭadoṣaś ca nirdhūtādyās tv asākṣiṇaḥ ||

agnidānāṃ ca ye lokā ye ca strībālaghātinām |
sa tān sarvān avāpnoti yaḥ sākṣyam anṛtaṃ vadet ||

sukṛtaṃ yat tvayā kiṃcij janmāntaraśataiḥ kṛtam |
tat sarvaṃ tasya jānīhi yaṃ parājayase mṛṣā ||

abruvan hi naraḥ sākṣyam ṛṇaṃ sadaśabandhakam |
rājñā sarvaṃ pradāpyaḥ syāt ṣaṭcatvāriṃśake 'hani ||

na dadāti hi yaḥ sākṣyaṃ jānann api narādhamaḥ |
sa kūṭasākṣiṇāṃ pāpais tulyo daṇḍena caiva hi ||

dvaidhe bahūnāṃ vacanaṃ sameṣu guṇināṃ tathā |
guṇidvaidhe tu vacanaṃ grāhyaṃ ye guṇavattamāḥ ||

yasyocuḥ sākṣiṇaḥ satyāṃ pratijñāṃ sa jayī bhavet |
anyathāvādino yasya dhruvas tasya parājayaḥ ||

ukte 'pi sākṣibhiḥ sākṣye yady anye guṇavattamāḥ |
dviguṇā vānyathā brūyuḥ kūṭāḥ syuḥ pūrvasākṣiṇaḥ ||

pṛthak pṛthag daṇḍanīyāḥ kūṭakṛt sākṣiṇas tathā |
vivādād dviguṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ vivāsyo brāhmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

yaḥ sākṣyaṃ śrāvito 'nyebhyo nihnute tat tamovṛtaḥ |
sa dāpyo 'ṣṭaguṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ tu vivāsayet ||

yaḥ kaścid artho niṣṇātaḥ svarucyā tu parasparam |
lekhyaṃ tu sākṣimat kāryaṃ tasmin dhanikapūrvakam ||

samāmāsatadardhāharnāmajātisvagotrakaiḥ |
sabrahmacārikātmīyapitṛnāmādicihnitam ||

samāpte 'rthe ṛṇī nāma svahastena niveśayet |
mataṃ me 'mukaputrasya yad atropari lekhitam ||

sākṣiṇaś ca svahastena pitṛnāmakapūrvakam |
atrāham amukaḥ sākṣī likheyur iti te samāḥ ||

ubhayābhyarthitenaitan mayā hy amukasūnunā |
likhitaṃ hy amukeneti lekhako 'nte tato likhet ||

vināpi sākṣibhir lekhyaṃ svahastalikhitaṃ tu yat |
tatpramāṇaṃ smṛtaṃ lekhyaṃ balopadhikṛtād ṛte ||

deśāntarasthe durlekhye naṣṭonmṛṣṭe hṛte tathā |
bhinne dagdhe 'thavā chinne lekhyam anyat tu kārayet ||

saṃdigdhalekhyaśuddhiḥ syāt svahastalikhitādibhiḥ |
yuktiprāptikriyācihnasaṃbandhāgamahetubhiḥ ||

lekhyasya pṛṣṭhe 'bhilikhed dattvā dattvarṇiko dhanam |
dhanī vopagataṃ dadyāt svahastaparicihnitam ||

sacailaṃ snātam āhūya sūryodaya upoṣitam |
kārayet sarvadivyāni nṛpabrāhmaṇasaṃnidhau ||

tulāstrībālavṛddhāndhapaṅgubrāhmaṇarogiṇām |
agnir jalaṃ vā śūdrasya yavāḥ sapta viṣasya vā ||

tulādhāraṇavidvadbhir abhiyuktas tulāśritaḥ |
pratimānasamībhūto rekhāṃ kṛtvāvatāritaḥ ||

tvaṃ tule satyadhāmāsi purā devair vinirmitā |
tat satyaṃ vada kalyāṇi saṃśayān māṃ vimocaya ||

yady asmi pāpakṛn mātas tato māṃ tvam adho naya |
śuddhaś ced gamayordhvaṃ māṃ tulām ity abhimantrayet ||

karau vimṛditavrīher lakṣayitvā tato nyaset |
saptāśvatthasya patrāṇi tāvat sūtreṇa veṣṭayet ||

tvam agne sarvabhūtānām antaś carasi pāvaka |
sākṣivat puṇyapāpebhyo brūhi satyaṃ kave mama ||

tasyety uktavato lauhaṃ pañcāśatpalikaṃ samam |
agnivarṇaṃ nyaset piṇḍaṃ hastayor ubhayor api ||

satyena mābhirakṣa tvaṃ varuṇety abhiśāpya kam |
nābhidaghnodakasthasya gṛhītvorū jalaṃ viśet ||

samakālam iṣuṃ muktam ānīyān yo javī naraḥ |
gate tasmin nimagnāṅgaṃ paśyec cec chuddhim āpnuyāt ||

trāyasvāsmād abhīśāpāt satyena bhava me 'mṛtam || 2.110cd evam uktvā viṣaṃ śārṅgaṃ bhakṣayed dhimaśailajam |
yasya vegair vinā jīryec chuddhiṃ tasya vinirdiśet |

devān ugrān samabhyarcya tatsnānodakam āharet |
saṃsrāvya pāyayet tasmāj jalaṃ tu prasṛtitrayam ||

arvāk caturdaśād ahno yasya no rājadaivikam |
vyasanaṃ jāyate ghoraṃ sa śuddhaḥ syān na saṃśayaḥ ||

vibhāgaṃ cet pitā kuryād icchayā vibhajet sutān |
jyeṣṭaṃ vā śreṣṭhabhāgena sarve vā syuḥ samāṃśinaḥ ||

yadi kuryāt samān aṃśān patnyaḥ kāryāḥ samāṃśikāḥ |
na dattaṃ strīdhanaṃ yāsāṃ bhartrā vā śvaśureṇa vā ||

pitṛdravyāvirodhena yad anyat svayam arjitam |
maitram audvāhikaṃ caiva dāyādānāṃ na tad bhavet ||

kramād abhyāgataṃ dravyaṃ hṛtam apy uddharet tu yaḥ |
dāyādebhyo na tad dadyād vidyayā labdham eva ca ||

bhūr yā pitāmahopāttā nibandho dravyam eva vā |
tatra syāt sadṛśaṃ svāmyaṃ pituḥ putrasya caiva hi ||

catustridvyekabhāgāḥ syur varṇaśo brāhmaṇātmajāḥ |
kṣatrajās tridvyekabhāgā viḍjās tu dvyekabhāginaḥ ||

anyonyāpahṛtaṃ dravyaṃ vibhakte yat tu dṛśyate |
tat punas te samair aṃśair vibhajerann iti sthitiḥ ||

aputreṇa parakṣetre niyogotpāditaḥ sutaḥ |
ubhayor apy asau rikthī piṇḍadātā ca dharmataḥ ||

auraso dharmapatnījas tatsamaḥ putrikāsutaḥ |
kṣetrajaḥ kṣetrajātas tu sagotreṇetareṇa vā ||

gṛhe pracchanna utpanno gūḍhajas tu sutaḥ smṛtaḥ |
kānīnaḥ kanyakājāto mātāmahasuto mataḥ ||

akṣatāyāṃ kṣatāyāṃ vā jātaḥ paunarbhavaḥ sutaḥ |
dadyān mātā pitā vā yaṃ sa putro dattako bhavet ||

krītaś ca tābhyāṃ vikrītaḥ kṛtrimaḥ syāt svayaṃkṛtaḥ |
dattvātmā tu svayaṃdatto garbhe vinnaḥ sahoḍhajaḥ ||

mṛte pitari kuryus taṃ bhrātaras tv ardhabhāgikam |
abhrātṛko haret sarvaṃ duhitṝṇāṃ sutād ṛte ||

patnī duhitaraś caiva pitarau bhrātaras tathā |
tatsutā gotrajā bandhuśiṣyasabrahmacāriṇaḥ ||

eṣām abhāve pūrvasya dhanabhāg uttarottaraḥ |
svaryātasya hy aputrasya sarvavarṇeṣv ayaṃ vidhiḥ ||

vānaprasthayatibrahmacāriṇāṃ rikthabhāginaḥ |
krameṇācāryasacchiṣyadharmabhrātrekatīrthinaḥ ||

anyodaryas tu saṃsṛṣṭī nānyodaryo dhanaṃ haret |
asaṃsṛṣṭy api vādadyāt saṃsṛṣṭo nānyamātṛjaḥ ||

klībo 'tha patitas tajjaḥ paṅgur unmattako jaḍaḥ |
andho 'cikitsyarogādyā bhartavyāḥ syur niraṃśakāḥ ||

aputrā yoṣitaś caiṣāṃ bhartavyāḥ sādhuvṛttayaḥ |
nirvāsyā vyabhicāriṇyaḥ pratikūlās tathaiva ca ||

pitṛmātṛpatibhrātṛdattam adhyagnyupāgatam |
ādhivedanikādyaṃ ca strīdhanaṃ parikīrtitam ||

aprajastrīdhanaṃ bhartur brāhmādiṣu caturṣv api |
duhitṝṇāṃ prasūtā cec cheṣeṣu pitṛgāmi tat ||

durbhikṣe dharmakārye ca vyādhau sampratirodhake |
gṛhītaṃ strīdhanaṃ bhartā na striyai dātum arhati ||

adhivinnastriyai dadyād ādhivedanikaṃ samam |
na dattaṃ strīdhanaṃ yasyai datte tv ardhaṃ prakalpayet ||

vibhāganihnave jñātibandhusākṣyabhilekhitaiḥ |
vibhāgabhāvanā jñeyā gṛhakṣetraiś ca yautakaiḥ ||

sīmno vivāde kṣetrasya sāmantāḥ sthavirādayaḥ |
gopāḥ sīmākṛṣāṇā ye sarve ca vanagocarāḥ ||

nayeyur ete sīmānaṃ sthalāṅgāratuṣadrumaiḥ |
setuvalmīkanimnāsthicaityādyair upalakṣitām ||

sāmantā vā samagrāmāś catvāro 'ṣṭau daśāpi vā |
raktasragvasanāḥ sīmāṃ nayeyuḥ kṣitidhāriṇaḥ ||

ārāmāyatanagrāmanipānodyānaveśmasu |
eṣa eva vidhir jñeyo varṣāmbupravahādiṣu ||

maryādāyāḥ prabhede ca sīmātikramaṇe tathā |
kṣetrasya haraṇe daṇḍā adhamottamamadhyamāḥ ||

na niṣedhyo 'lpabādhas tu setuḥ kalyāṇakārakaḥ |
parabhūmiṃ haran kūpaḥ svalpakṣetro bahūdakaḥ ||

svāmine yo 'nivedyaiva kṣetre setuṃ pravartayet |
utpanne svāmino bhogas tadabhāve mahīpateḥ ||

phālāhatam api kṣetraṃ na kuryād yo na kārayet |
sa pradāpyaḥ kṛṣṭaphalaṃ kṣetram anyena kārayet ||

māṣān aṣṭau tu mahiṣī sasyaghātasya kāriṇī |
daṇḍanīyā tadardhaṃ tu gaus tadardham ajāvikam ||

yāvat sasyaṃ vinaśyet tu tāvat syāt kṣetriṇaḥ phalam |
gopas tāḍyaś ca gomī tu pūrvoktaṃ daṇḍam arhati ||

pathi grāmavivītānte kṣetre doṣo na vidyate |
akāmataḥ kāmacāre cauravad daṇḍam arhati ||

mahokṣotsṛṣṭapaśavaḥ sūtikāgantukādayaḥ |
pālo yeṣāṃ na te mocyā daivarājapariplutāḥ ||

yathārpitān paśūn gopaḥ sāyaṃ pratyarpayet tathā |
pramādamṛtanaṣṭāṃś ca pradāpyaḥ kṛtavetanaḥ ||

pāladoṣavināśe tu pāle daṇḍo vidhīyate |
ardhatrayodaśapaṇaḥ svāmino dravyam eva ca ||

grāmyecchayā gopracāro bhūmī rājavaśena vā |
dvijas tṛṇaidhaḥpuṣpāṇi sarvataḥ sarvadā haret ||

dhanuḥśataṃ parīṇāho grāme kṣetrāntaraṃ bhavet |
dve śate kharvaṭasya syān nagarasya catuḥśatam ||

svaṃ labhetānyavikrītaṃ kretur doṣo 'prakāśite |
hīnād raho hīnamūlye velāhīne ca taskaraḥ ||

naṣṭāpahṛtam āsādya hartāraṃ grāhayen naram |
deśakālātipattau ca gṛhītvā svayam arpayet ||

vikretur darśanāc chuddhiḥ svāmī dravyaṃ nṛpo damam |
kretā mūlyam avāpnoti tasmād yas tasya vikrayī ||

āgamenopabhogena naṣṭaṃ bhāvyam ato 'nyathā |
pañcabandho damas tasya rājñe tenāvibhāvite ||

hṛtaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ yo dravyaṃ parahastād avāpnuyāt |
anivedya nṛpe daṇḍyaḥ sa tu ṣaṇṇavatiṃ paṇān ||

śaulkikaiḥ sthānapālair vā naṣṭāpahṛtam āhṛtam |
arvāk saṃvatsarāt svāmī hareta parato nṛpaḥ ||

paṇān ekaśaphe dadyāc caturaḥ pañca mānuṣe |
mahiṣoṣṭragavāṃ dvau dvau pādaṃ pādam ajāvike ||

daśaikapañcasaptāhamāsatryahārdhamāsikam |
bījāyovāhyaratnastrīdohyapuṃsāṃ parīkṣaṇam ||

agnau suvarṇam akṣīṇaṃ rajate dvipalaṃ śate |
aṣṭau trapuṇi sīse ca tāmre pañca daśāyasi ||

śate daśapalā vṛddhir aurṇe kārpāsasautrike |
madhye pañcapalā vṛddhiḥ sūkṣme tu tripalā matā ||

kārmike romabaddhe ca triṃśadbhāgaḥ kṣayo mataḥ |
na kṣayo na ca vṛddhiś ca kauśeye vālkaleṣu ca ||

deśaṃ kālaṃ ca bhogaṃ ca jñātvā naṣṭe balābalam |
dravyāṇāṃ kuśalā brūyur yat tad dāpyam asaṃśayam ||

balād dāsīkṛtaś caurair vikrītaś cāpi mucyate |
svāmiprāṇaprado bhaktatyāgāt tan niṣkrayād api ||

kṛtaśilpo 'pi nivaset kṛtakālaṃ guror gṛhe |
antevāsī guruprāptabhojanas tatphalapradaḥ ||

rājā kṛtvā pure sthānaṃ brāhmaṇān nyasya tatra tu |
traividyaṃ vṛttimad brūyāt svadharmaḥ pālyatām iti ||

nijadharmāvirodhena yas tu samayiko bhavet |
so 'pi yatnena saṃrakṣyo dharmo rājakṛtaś ca yaḥ ||

gaṇadravyaṃ hared yas tu saṃvidaṃ laṅghayec ca yaḥ |
sarvasvaharaṇaṃ kṛtvā taṃ rāṣṭrād vipravāsayet ||

samūhakārya āyātān kṛtakāryān visarjayet |
sa dānamānasatkāraiḥ pūjayitvā mahīpatiḥ ||

samūhakāryaprahito yal labheta tad arpayet |
ekādaśaguṇaṃ dāpyo yady asau nārpayet svayam ||

dharmajñāḥ śucayo 'lubdhā bhaveyuḥ kāryacintakāḥ |
kartavyaṃ vacanaṃ teṣāṃ samūhahitavādinām ||

śreṇinaigamapākhaṇḍigaṇānām apy ayaṃ vidhiḥ |
bhedaṃ caiṣāṃ nṛpo rakṣet pūrvavṛttiṃ ca pālayet ||

gṛhītavetanaḥ karma tyajan dviguṇam āvahet |
agṛhīte samaṃ dāpyo bhṛtyai rakṣya upaskaraḥ ||

dāpyas tu daśamaṃ bhāgaṃ vāṇijyapaśusasyataḥ |
aniścitya bhṛtiṃ yas tu kārayet sa mahīkṣitā ||

deśaṃ kālaṃ ca yo 'tīyāl lābhaṃ kuryāc ca yo 'nyathā |
tatra syāt svāminaś chando 'dhikaṃ deyaṃ kṛte 'dhike ||

yo yāvat kurute karma tāvat tasya tu vetanam |
ubhayor apy asādhyaṃ cet sādhye kuryād yathāśrutam ||

arājadaivikaṃ naṣṭaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ dāpyas tu vāhakaḥ |
prasthānavighnakṛc caiva pradāpyo dviguṇāṃ bhṛtim ||

prakrānte saptamaṃ bhāgaṃ caturthaṃ pathi saṃtyajan |
bhṛtim ardhapathe sarvāṃ pradāpyas tyājako 'pi ca ||

glahe śatikavṛddhes tu sabhikaḥ pañcakaṃ śatam |
gṛhṇīyād dhūrtakitavād itarād daśakaṃ śatam ||

sa samyak pālito dadyād rājñe bhāgaṃ yathākṛtam |
jitam udgrāhayej jetre dadyāt satyaṃ vacaḥ kṣamī ||

prāpte nṛpatinā bhāge prasiddhe dhūrtamaṇḍale |
jitaṃ sasabhike sthāne dāpayed anyathā na tu ||

satyāsatyānyathāstotrair nyūnāṅgendriyarogiṇām |
kṣepaṃ karoti ced daṇḍyaḥ paṇān ardhatrayodaśān ||

abhigantāsmi bhaginīṃ mātaraṃ vā taveti ha |
śapantaṃ dāpayed rājā pañcaviṃśatikaṃ damam ||

prātilomyāpavādeṣu dviguṇatriguṇā damāḥ |
varṇānām ānulomyena tasmād ardhārdhahānitaḥ ||

bāhugrīvānetrasakthivināśe vācike damaḥ |
śatyas tadardhikaḥ pādanāsākarṇakarādiṣu ||

aśaktas tu vadann evaṃ daṇḍanīyaḥ paṇān daśa |
tathā śaktaḥ pratibhuvaṃ dāpyaḥ kṣemāya tasya tu ||

patanīyakṛte kṣepe daṇḍo madhyamasāhasaḥ |
upapātakayukte tu dāpyaḥ prathamasāhasam ||

traividyanṛpadevānāṃ kṣepa uttamasāhasaḥ |
madhyamo jātipūgānāṃ prathamo grāmadeśayoḥ ||

asākṣikahate cihnair yuktibhiś cāgamena ca |
draṣṭavyo vyavahāras tu kūṭacihnakṛto bhayāt ||

bhasmapaṅkarajaḥsparśe daṇḍo daśapaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ |
amedhyapārṣṇiniṣṭhyūtasparśane dviguṇas tataḥ ||

sameṣv evaṃ parastrīṣu dviguṇas tūttameṣu ca |
hīneṣv ardhadamo mohamadādibhir adaṇḍanam ||

viprapīḍākaraṃ chedyam aṅgam abrāhmaṇasya tu |
udgūrṇe prathamo daṇḍaḥ saṃsparśe tu tadardhikaḥ ||

udgūrṇe hastapāde tu daśaviṃśatikau damau |
parasparaṃ tu sarveṣāṃ śastre madhyamasāhasaḥ ||

pādakeśāṃśukakarolluñcaneṣu paṇān daśa |
pīḍākarṣāṃśukāveṣṭapādādhyāse śataṃ damaḥ ||

śoṇitena vinā duḥkhaṃ kurvan kāṣṭhādibhir naraḥ |
dvātriṃśataṃ paṇān daṇḍyo dviguṇaṃ darśane 'sṛjaḥ ||

karapādadato bhaṅge chedane karṇanāsayoḥ |
madhyo daṇḍo vraṇodbhede mṛtakalpahate tathā ||

ceṣṭābhojanavāgrodhe netrādipratibhedane |
kandharābāhusakthnāṃ ca bhaṅge madhyamasāhasaḥ ||

duḥkham utpādayed yas tu sa samutthānajaṃ vyayam |
dāpyo daṇḍaṃ ca yo yasmin kalahe samudāhṛtaḥ ||

abhighāte tathā chede bhede kuḍyāvapātane |
paṇān dāpyaḥ pañca daśa viṃśatiṃ tadvyayaṃ tathā ||

duḥkhotpādi gṛhe dravyaṃ kṣipan prāṇaharaṃ tathā |
ṣoḍaśādyaḥ paṇān dāpyo dvitīyo madhyamaṃ damam ||

duḥkhe ca śoṇitotpāde śākhāṅgacchedane tathā |
daṇḍaḥ kṣudrapaśūnāṃ tu dvipaṇaprabhṛtiḥ kramāt ||

liṅgasya chedane mṛtyau madhyamo mūlyam eva ca |
mahāpaśūnām eteṣu sthāneṣu dviguṇo damaḥ ||

prarohiśākhināṃ śākhāskandhasarvavidāraṇe |
upajīvyadrumāṇāṃ ca viṃśater dviguṇo damaḥ ||

caityaśmaśānasīmāsu puṇyasthāne surālaye |
jātadrumāṇāṃ dviguṇo damo vṛkṣe ca viśrute ||

gulmagucchakṣupalatāpratānauṣadhivīrudhām |
pūrvasmṛtād ardhadaṇḍaḥ sthāneṣūkteṣu kartane ||

yaḥ sāhasaṃ kārayati sa dāpyo dviguṇaṃ damam |
yaś caivam uktvāhaṃ dātā kārayet sa caturguṇam ||

arghyākṣepātikramakṛd bhrātṛbhāryāprahārakaḥ |
saṃdiṣṭasyāpradātā ca samudragṛhabhedakṛt ||

sāmantakulikādīnām apakārasya kārakaḥ |
pañcāśatpaṇiko daṇḍa eṣām iti viniścayaḥ ||

svacchandavidhavāgāmī vikruṣṭe 'nabhidhāvakaḥ |
akāraṇe ca vikroṣṭā caṇḍālaś cottamān spṛśet ||

śūdrapravrajitānāṃ ca daive pitrye ca bhojakaḥ |
ayuktaṃ śapathaṃ kurvann ayogyo yogyakarmakṛt ||

vṛṣakṣudrapaśūnāṃ ca puṃstvasya pratighātakṛt |
sādhāraṇasyāpalāpī dāsīgarbhavināśakṛt ||

pitṛputrasvasṛbhrātṛdaṃpatyācāryaśiṣyakāḥ |
eṣām apatitānyonyatyāgī ca śatadaṇḍabhāk ||

vasānas trīn paṇān daṇḍyo nejakas tu parāṃśukam |
vikrayāvakrayādhānayāciteṣu paṇān daśa ||

pitāputravirodhe tu sākṣiṇāṃ tripaṇo damaḥ |
antare ca tayor yaḥ syāt tasyāpy aṣṭaguṇo damaḥ ||

tulāśāsanamānānāṃ kūṭakṛn nāṇakasya ca |
ebhiś ca vyavahartā yaḥ sa dāpyo damam uttamam ||

akūṭaṃ kūṭakaṃ brūte kūṭaṃ yaś cāpy akūṭakam |
sa nāṇakaparīkṣī tu dāpya uttamasāhasam ||

bhiṣaṅ mithyācaran daṇḍyas tiryakṣu prathamaṃ damam |
mānuṣe madhyamaṃ rājapuruṣeṣūttamaṃ damam ||

abandhyaṃ yaś ca badhnāti baddhaṃ yaś ca pramuñcati |
aprāptavyavahāraṃ ca sa dāpyo damam uttamam ||

mānena tulayā vāpi yo 'ṃśam aṣṭamakaṃ haret |
daṇḍaṃ sa dāpyo dviśataṃ vṛddhau hānau ca kalpitam ||

bheṣajasnehalavaṇagandhadhānyaguḍādiṣu |
paṇyeṣu prakṣipan hīnaṃ paṇān dāpyas tu ṣoḍaśa ||

mṛccarmamaṇisūtrāyaḥkāṣṭhavalkalavāsasām |
ajātau jātikaraṇe vikreyāṣṭaguṇo damaḥ ||

samudgaparivartaṃ ca sārabhāṇḍaṃ ca kṛtrimam |
ādhānaṃ vikrayaṃ vāpi nayato daṇḍakalpanā ||

bhinne paṇe ca pañcāśat paṇe tu śatam ucyate |
dvipaṇe dviśato daṇḍo mūlyavṛddhau ca vṛddhimān ||

sambhūya kurvatām arghaṃ sabādhaṃ kāruśilpinām |
arghasya hrāsaṃ vṛddhiṃ vā jānato dama uttamaḥ ||

sambhūya vaṇijāṃ paṇyam anargheṇoparundhatām |
vikrīṇatāṃ vā vihito daṇḍa uttamasāhasaḥ ||

rājani sthāpyate yo 'rghaḥ pratyahaṃ tena vikrayaḥ |
krayo vā niḥsravas tasmād vaṇijāṃ lābhakṛt smṛtaḥ ||

svadeśapaṇye tu śataṃ vaṇig gṛhṇīta pañcakam |
daśakaṃ pāradeśye tu yaḥ sadyaḥ krayavikrayī ||

paṇyasyopari saṃsthāpya vyayaṃ paṇyasamudbhavam |
argho 'nugrahakṛt kāryaḥ kretur vikretur eva ca ||

gṛhītamūlyaṃ yaḥ paṇyaṃ kretur naiva prayacchati |
sodayaṃ tasya dāpyo 'sau diglābhaṃ vā digāgate ||

vikrītam api vikreyaṃ pūrvakretary agṛhṇati |
hāniś cet kretṛdoṣeṇa kretur eva hi sā bhavet ||

rājadaivopaghātena paṇye doṣam upāgate |
hānir vikretur evāsau yācitasyāprayacchataḥ ||

anyahaste ca vikrīya duṣṭaṃ vāduṣṭavad yadi |
vikrīṇīte damas tatra mūlyāt tu dviguṇo bhavet ||

kṣayaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca vaṇijā paṇyānām avijānatā |
krītvā nānuśayaḥ kāryaḥ kurvan ṣaḍbhāgadaṇḍabhāk ||

samavāyena vaṇijāṃ lābhārthaṃ karma kurvatām |
lābhālābhau yathādravyaṃ yathā vā saṃvidā kṛtau ||

pratiṣiddham anādiṣṭaṃ pramādād yac ca nāśitam |
sa tad dadyād viplavāc ca rakṣitād daśamāṃśabhāk ||

arghaprakṣepaṇād viṃśaṃ bhāgaṃ śulkaṃ nṛpo haret |
vyāsiddhaṃ rājayogyaṃ ca vikrītaṃ rājagāmi tat ||

mithyā vadan parīmāṇaṃ śulkasthānād apāsaran |
dāpyas tv aṣṭaguṇaṃ yaś ca sa vyājakrayavikrayī ||

tarikaḥ sthalajaṃ śulkaṃ gṛhṇan dāpyaḥ paṇān daśa |
brāhmaṇaprātiveśyānām etad evānimantraṇe ||

deśāntaragate prete dravyaṃ dāyādabāndhavāḥ |
jñātayo vā hareyus tadāgatās tair vinā nṛpaḥ ||

grāhakair gṛhyate cauro loptreṇātha padena vā |
pūrvakarmāparādhī ca tathā cāśuddhavāsakaḥ ||

anye 'pi śaṅkayā grāhyā jātināmādinihnavaiḥ |
dyūtastrīpānasaktāś ca śuṣkabhinnamukhasvarāḥ ||

paradravyagṛhāṇāṃ ca pṛcchakā gūḍhacāriṇaḥ |
nirāyā vyayavantaś ca vinaṣṭadravyavikrayāḥ ||

gṛhītaḥ śaṅkayā caurye nātmānaṃ ced viśodhayet |
dāpayitvā hṛtaṃ dravyaṃ cauradaṇḍena daṇḍayet ||

ghātite 'pahṛte doṣo grāmabhartur anirgate |
vivītabhartus tu pathi cauroddhartur avītake ||

svasīmni dadyād grāmas tu padaṃ vā yatra gacchati |
pañcagrāmī bahiḥ krośād daśagrāmy athavā punaḥ ||

bandigrāhāṃs tathā vājikuñjarāṇāṃ ca hāriṇaḥ |
prasahya ghātinaś caiva śūlān āropayen narān ||

utkṣepakagranthibhedau karasaṃdaṃśahīnakau |
kāryau dvitīyāparādhe karapādaikahīnakau ||

kṣudramadhyamahādravyaharaṇe sārato damaḥ |
deśakālavayaḥśakti saṃcintyaṃ daṇḍakarmaṇi ||

bhaktāvakāśāgnyudakamantropakaraṇavyayān |
dattvā caurasya vā hantur jānato dama uttamaḥ ||

śastrāvapāte garbhasya pātane cottamo damaḥ |
uttamo vādhamo vāpi puruṣastrīpramāpaṇe ||

vipraduṣṭāṃ striyaṃ caiva puruṣaghnīm agarbhiṇīm |
setubhedakarīṃ cāpsu śilāṃ baddhvā praveśayet ||

viṣāgnidāṃ patigurunijāpatyapramāpaṇīm |
vikarṇakaranāsauṣṭhīṃ kṛtvā gobhiḥ pramāpayet ||

avijñātahatasyāśu kalahaṃ sutabāndhavāḥ |
praṣṭavyā yoṣitaś cāsya parapuṃsi ratāḥ pṛthak ||

strīdravyavṛttikāmo vā kena vāyaṃ gataḥ saha |
mṛtyudeśasamāsannaṃ pṛcched vāpi janaṃ śanaiḥ ||

kṣetraveśmavanagrāmavivītakhaladāhakāḥ |
rājapatnyabhigāmī ca dagdhavyās tu kaṭāgninā ||

pumān saṃgrahaṇe grāhyaḥ keśākeśi parastriyā |
sadyo vā kāmajaiś cihnaiḥ pratipattau dvayos tathā ||

nīvīstanaprāvaraṇasakthikeśāvamarśanam |
adeśakālasaṃbhāṣaṃ sahaikāsanam eva ca ||

strī niṣedhe śataṃ dadyād dviśataṃ tu damaṃ pumān |
pratiṣedhe tayor daṇḍo yathā saṃgrahaṇe tathā ||

sajātāv uttamo daṇḍa ānulomye tu madhyamaḥ |
prātilomye vadhaḥ puṃso nāryāḥ karṇādikartanam ||

alaṃkṛtāṃ haran kanyām uttamaṃ hy anyathādhamam |
daṇḍaṃ dadyāt savarṇāsu prātilomye vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

śataṃ strīdūṣaṇe dadyād dve tu mithyābhiśaṃsane |
paśūn gacchan śataṃ dāpyo hīnāṃ strīṃ gāṃ ca madhyamam ||

avaruddhāsu dāsīṣu bhujiṣyāsu tathaiva ca |
gamyāsv api pumān dāpyaḥ pañcāśatpaṇikaṃ damam ||

prasahya dāsyabhigame daṇḍo daśapaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ |
bahūnāṃ yady akāmāsau caturviṃśatikaḥ pṛthak ||

gṛhītavetanā veśyā necchantī dviguṇaṃ vahet |
agṛhīte samaṃ dāpyaḥ pumān apy evam eva hi ||

ayonau gacchato yoṣāṃ puruṣaṃ vāpi mehataḥ |
caturviṃśatiko daṇḍas tathā pravrajitāgame ||

antyābhigamane tv aṅkyaḥ kubandhena pravāsayet |
śūdras tathāntya eva syād antyasyāryāgame vadhaḥ ||

ūnaṃ vābhyadhikaṃ vāpi likhed yo rājaśāsanam |
pāradārikacauraṃ vā muñcato daṇḍa uttamaḥ ||

abhakṣyeṇa dvijaṃ dūṣyo daṇḍa uttamasāhasam |
madhyamaṃ kṣatriyaṃ vaiśyaṃ prathamaṃ śūdram ardhikam ||

kūṭasvarṇavyavahārī vimāṃsasya ca vikrayī |
tryaṅgahīnas tu kartavyo dāpyaś cottamasāhasam ||

catuṣpādakṛto doṣo nāpaihīti prajalpataḥ |
kāṣṭhaloṣṭeṣupāṣāṇabāhuyugyakṛtas tathā ||

chinnanasyena yānena tathā bhagnayugādinā |
paścāc caivāpasaratā hiṃsane svāmy adoṣabhāk ||

śakto 'py amokṣayan svāmī daṃṣṭriṇāṃ śṛṅgiṇāṃ tathā |
prathamaṃ sāhasaṃ dadyād vikruṣṭe dviguṇaṃ tathā ||

jāraṃ caurety abhivadan dāpyaḥ pañcaśataṃ damam |
upajīvya dhanaṃ muñcaṃs tad evāṣṭaguṇīkṛtam ||

rājño 'niṣṭapravaktāraṃ tasyaivākrośakāriṇam |
tanmantrasya ca bhettāraṃ chittvā jihvāṃ pravāsayet ||

mṛtāṅgalagnavikretur guros tāḍayitus tathā |
rājayānāsanāroḍhur daṇḍa uttamasāhasaḥ ||

dvinetrabhedino rājadviṣṭādeśakṛtas tathā |
vipratvena ca śūdrasya jīvato 'ṣṭaśato damaḥ ||

durdṛṣṭāṃs tu punar dṛṣṭvā vyavahārān nṛpeṇa tu |
sabhyāḥ sajayino daṇḍyā vivādād dviguṇaṃ damam ||

yo manyetājito 'smīti nyāyenāpi parājitaḥ |
tam āyāntaṃ punar jitvā dāpayed dviguṇaṃ damam ||

rājñānyāyena yo daṇḍo gṛhīto varuṇāya tam |
nivedya dadyād viprebhyaḥ svayaṃ triṃśadguṇīkṛtam ||