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वाप अतिरिक्तम् अर्ध सीतिकाः कुर्युः, स्व वीर्य उपजीविनो वा चतुर् थ पञ्च भागिकाः ॥

Fields that are left unsown (vápátiriktam, i.e., owing to the inadequacy of hands) may be brought under cultivation by employing those who cultivate for half the share in the produce (ardhasítiká); or those who live by their own physical exertion (svavíryopajívinah) may cultivate such fields for ¼th or 1/5th of the produce grown;

english translation

Chapter 24

Verse 17