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Viṣṇusmṛti · Chapter 52
52.14
dattvaivāpahṛtaṃ dravyaṃ dhanikasyāpy upāyataḥ
prāyaścittaṃ tataḥ kuryāt kalmaṣasyāpanuttaye //
52.15
yad yat parebhyas tv ādadyāt puruṣas tu niraṅkuśaḥ
tena tena vihīnaḥ syād yatra yatrābhijāyate //
52.16
jīvitaṃ dharmakāmau ca dhane yasmāt pratiṣṭhitau
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena dhanahiṃsāṃ vivarjayet //
52.17
prāṇihiṃsāparo yas tu dhanahiṃsāparas tathā
mahad duḥkham avāpnoti dhanahiṃsāparas tayoḥ //
Original text: Viṣṇusmṛti · Edition: V. Krishnamacharya Viṣṇusmṛti with the commentary of Keśavavaijayantī of Nandapaṇḍita Madras The Adyar Library and Research Centre 2 The Adyar Library Series 93,1-2 · Data entry I. Shima · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0