Arthashastra

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सूना अध्यक्षः प्रदिष्ट अभयानाम् अभय वन वासिनां च मृग पशु पक्षि मत्स्यानां बन्ध वध हिंसायाम् उत्तमं दण्डं कारयेत्, कुटुम्बिनाम् अभय वन परिग्रहेषु मध्यमम् ॥

WHEN a person entraps, kills, or molests deer, bison, birds, and fish which are declared to be under State protection or which live in forests under State-protection (abhayáranya), he shall be punished with the highest amercement. Householders trespassing in forest preserves shall be punished with the middlemost amercement.

english translation

sUnA adhyakSaH pradiSTa abhayAnAm abhaya vana vAsinAM ca mRga pazu pakSi matsyAnAM bandha vadha hiMsAyAm uttamaM daNDaM kArayet, kuTumbinAm abhaya vana parigraheSu madhyamam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

Chapter 25

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Chapter 26

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