Arthashastra

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राजन्यं वैश्यं वा "मा तव इष्टा पूर्त फलम्, कपाल हस्तः शत्रु कुलं भिक्षा अर्थी गच्छेः" इति ॥

a Kshatriya or a Vaisya witness shall be told thus:--„If thou utterest falsehood, thou, do not attain the fruit of thy sacrificial and charitable deeds; but having broken the array of thy enemies in war, thou, do go a beggar with a skull in thy hand.‟

english translation

rAjanyaM vaizyaM vA "mA tava iSTA pUrta phalam, kapAla hastaH zatru kulaM bhikSA arthI gaccheH" iti ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript