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.