Arthashastra
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स्थूलम् अपि च लाभं प्रजानाम् औपघातिकं वारयेत् ॥
He shall avoid such large profits as will harm the people.
english translation
sthUlam api ca lAbhaM prajAnAm aupaghAtikaM vArayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअजस्र पण्यानां काल उपरोधं संकुल दोषं वा न उत्पादयेत् ॥
There shall be no restriction to the time of sale of those commodities for which there is frequent demand; nor shall they be subject to the evils of centralisation (sankuladosha).
english translation
ajasra paNyAnAM kAla uparodhaM saMkula doSaM vA na utpAdayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptबहु मुखं वा राज पण्यं वैदेहकाः कृत अर्घं विक्रीणीरन् ॥
Or pedlars may sell the merchandise of the king at a fixed price in many markets and pay necessary compensation (vaidharana) proportional to the loss entailed upon it (chhedánurúpam).
english translation
bahu mukhaM vA rAja paNyaM vaidehakAH kRta arghaM vikrINIran ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptछेद अनुरूपं च वैधरणं दद्युः ॥
The amount of vyáji due on commodities sold by cubical measure is one-sixteenth of the quantity (shodasabhágo mánavyáji).
english translation
cheda anurUpaM ca vaidharaNaM dadyuH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptषोडश भागो मान व्याजी, विंशति भागस् तुला मानम्, गण्य पण्यानाम् एकादश भागः ॥
that on commodities sold by weighing balance is one-twentieth of the quantity; and that on commodities sold in numbers is one-eleventh of the whole.
english translation
SoDaza bhAgo mAna vyAjI, viMzati bhAgas tulA mAnam, gaNya paNyAnAm ekAdaza bhAgaH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript