Arthashastra
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असारं बाल प्रातिभाव्यम् ॥
a minor, as surety, is inefficient (bálaprátibhavyam asáram = surety of a minor is not strong).
english translation
asAraM bAla prAtibhAvyam ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअसंख्यात देश कालं तु पुत्राः पौत्रा दायादा वा रिक्थं हरमाणा दद्युः ॥
A debt, the payment of which is not limited by time or place or both (asamkhyátadesakálam), shall be paid by the sons, grandsons or any other heirs of the dead debtor.
english translation
asaMkhyAta deza kAlaM tu putrAH pautrA dAyAdA vA rikthaM haramANA dadyuH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptजीवित विवाह भूमि प्रातिभाव्यम् असंख्यात देश कालं तु पुत्राः पौत्रा वा वहेयुः ॥
Any debt, the payment of which is not limited by time or place or both and for which life, marriage, or land is pledged, shall be borne by sons or grandsons.
english translation
jIvita vivAha bhUmi prAtibhAvyam asaMkhyAta deza kAlaM tu putrAH pautrA vA vaheyuH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptनाना ऋण समवाये तु न एकं द्वौ युगपद् अभिवदेयाताम्, अन्यत्र प्रतिष्ठमानात् ॥
(Regarding many debts against one.) Excepting the case of a debtor going abroad, no debtor shall simultaneously be sued for more than one debt by one or two creditors.
english translation
nAnA RNa samavAye tu na ekaM dvau yugapad abhivadeyAtAm, anyatra pratiSThamAnAt ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptतत्र अपि गृहीत आनुपूर्व्या राज श्रोत्रिय द्रव्यं वा पूर्वं प्रतिपादयेत् ॥
Even in the case of a debtor going abroad, he shall pay his debts in the order in which he borrowed them or shall first pay his debts due to the king or a learned Bráhman.
english translation
tatra api gRhIta AnupUrvyA rAja zrotriya dravyaM vA pUrvaM pratipAdayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript