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अपत्य दारं माता पितरौ भ्रातृऋन् अप्राप्त व्यवहारान् भगिनीः कन्या विधवाश् च अबिभ्रतः शक्तिमतो द्वादश पणो दण्डः, अन्यत्र पतितेभ्यः, अन्यत्र मातुः ॥

When a capable person other than an apostate (patita) or mother neglects to maintain his or her child, wife, mother, father, minor brothers, sisters, or widowed girls (kanyá vidhaváscha), he or she shall be punished with a fine of twelve panas.

english translation

Chapter 1

Verse 29