Arthashastra

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अतिकर्षणे च एषां दण्ड चतुर्था दण्डाः ॥

The same fines shall be meted out in case of ploughing the several roads too deep (atikarshane chaishám); and ¼th of the same fines for ploughing merely on their surface.

english translation

atikarSaNe ca eSAM daNDa caturthA daNDAH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

कर्षणे पूर्व उक्ताः ॥

Having been previously mentioned in relation to plowing.

english translation

karSaNe pUrva uktAH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

क्षेत्रिकस्य अक्षिपतः क्षेत्रम् उपवासस्य वा त्यजतो बीज काले द्वादश पणो दण्डः, अन्यत्र दोष उपनिपात अविषह्येभ्यः ॥

If a cultivator or a neighbour makes encroachment upon a field during the time of sowing seeds, he shall be fined 12 panas, unless the encroachment is due to evils, calamities or intolerable occurrences arising otherwise from the field (anyatra doshopanipatávishahyebhyah).

english translation

kSetrikasya akSipataH kSetram upavAsasya vA tyajato bIja kAle dvAdaza paNo daNDaH, anyatra doSa upanipAta aviSahyebhyaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

करदाः करदेष्व् आधानं विक्रयं वा कुर्युः, ब्रह्म देयिका ब्रह्म देयिकेषु ॥

(Settling in villages.) Taxpayers shall sell or mortgage their fields to taxpayers alone; Bráhmans shall sell or mortgage their Brahmadaya or gifted lands only to those who are endowed with such lands;

english translation

karadAH karadeSv AdhAnaM vikrayaM vA kuryuH, brahma deyikA brahma deyikeSu ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अन्यथा पूर्वः साहस दण्डः ॥

otherwise they shall be punished with the first amercement.

english translation

anyathA pUrvaH sAhasa daNDaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript