Arthashastra

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क्रेता शुल्कं राज पण्यच् छेद अनुरूपं च वैधरणं दद्यात्, अन्यत्र क्रेता षट् छतम् अत्ययं च ॥

The purchasers shall pay not only the toll (sulka), but also the compensation (vaidharana) equivalent to the loss entailed on the king's commerce. In default of the above payment, he shall be compelled to pay a fine of 600 panas.

english translation

kretA zulkaM rAja paNyac cheda anurUpaM ca vaidharaNaM dadyAt, anyatra kretA SaT chatam atyayaM ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

विलवणम् उत्तमं दण्डं दद्याद्, अनिषृष्ट उपजीवी च अन्यत्र वानप्रस्थेभ्यः ॥

Adulteration of salt shall be punished with the highest amercement; likewise persons other than hermits (vánaprastha) manufacturing salt without license.

english translation

vilavaNam uttamaM daNDaM dadyAd, aniSRSTa upajIvI ca anyatra vAnaprasthebhyaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

श्रोत्रियास् तपस्विनो विष्टयश् च भक्त लवणं हरेयुः ॥

Men learned in the Vedas, persons engaged in penance, as well as labourers may take with them salt for food.

english translation

zrotriyAs tapasvino viSTayaz ca bhakta lavaNaM hareyuH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अतो अन्यो लवण क्षार वर्गः शुल्कं दद्यात् ॥

salt and alkalies for purposes other than this shall be subject to the payment of toll.

english translation

ato anyo lavaNa kSAra vargaH zulkaM dadyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

एवं मूल्यं च भागं च व्याजीं परिघम् अत्ययम् । शुल्कं वैधरणं दण्डं रूपं रूपिकम् एव च ॥

Thus; besides collecting from mines the ten kinds of revenue, such as (1) value of the out-put (múlya), (2) the share of the out-put (vibhága), (3) the premium of five per cent (vyáji), (4) the testing charge of coins (parigha), (5) fine previously announced (atyaya), (6) toll (sulka), (7) compensation for loss entailed on the king's commerce (vaidharana), (8) fines to be determined in proportion to the gravity of crimes (danda), (9), coinage (rúpa), (10) the premium of eight per cent (rúpika).

english translation

evaM mUlyaM ca bhAgaM ca vyAjIM parigham atyayam । zulkaM vaidharaNaM daNDaM rUpaM rUpikam eva ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript