Arthashastra

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शङ्कनीये देशे लिङ्गे पूर्व अपदाने च गृहीतम् अनुयुञ्जीत ॥

Whoever is arrested in suspicious places or as the perpetrator of a criminal act shall be examined.

english translation

zaGkanIye deze liGge pUrva apadAne ca gRhItam anuyuJjIta ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

राज परिग्रह उपगमने नगर रक्षा आरोहणे च मध्यमः साहस दण्डः ॥

Whoever moves in the vicinity of royal buildings or ascends the defensive fortifications of the capital shall be punished with the middlemost amercement.

english translation

rAja parigraha upagamane nagara rakSA ArohaNe ca madhyamaH sAhasa daNDaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सूतिका चिकित्सक प्रेत प्रदीप यान नागरिक तूर्य प्रेक्षा अग्नि निमित्तं मुद्राभिश् च ग्राह्याः ॥

Those who go out at night in order to attend to the work of midwifery or medical treatment, or to carry off a dead body to the cremation or burial grounds, or those who go out with a lamp in hand at night, as well as those who go out to visit the officer in charge of the city, or to find out the cause of a trumpet sound (turyapreksha), or to extinguish the outbreak of fire or under the authority of a pass shall not be arrested.

english translation

sUtikA cikitsaka preta pradIpa yAna nAgarika tUrya prekSA agni nimittaM mudrAbhiz ca grAhyAH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

चार रात्रिषु प्रच्छन्न विपरीत वेषाः प्रव्रजिता दण्ड शस्त्र हस्ताश् च मनुष्या दोषतो दण्ड्याः ॥

During the nights of free movement (chárarátrishu) those who move out under disguise, those who stir out though forbidden (pravarjitah), as well as those who move with clubs and other weapons in hand shall be punished in proportion to the gravity of their guilt.

english translation

cAra rAtriSu pracchanna viparIta veSAH pravrajitA daNDa zastra hastAz ca manuSyA doSato daNDyAH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

रक्षिणाम् अवार्यं वारयतां वार्यं च आवारयतां क्षण द्वि गुणो दण्डः ॥

Those watchmen who stop whomever they ought not to stop, or do not stop whomever they ought to stop shall be punished with twice the amount of fine levied for untimely movement.

english translation

rakSiNAm avAryaM vArayatAM vAryaM ca AvArayatAM kSaNa dvi guNo daNDaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript