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अशुचयो हि कारवः ॥
Artisans (káravah) are naturally of impure character.
english translation
न एषां करण पूर्वो निक्षेप धर्मः ॥
It is not an approved custom with them to deposit for some reliable reason.
english translation
करण हीनं निक्षेपम् अपव्ययमानं गूढ भित्ति न्यस्तान् साक्षिणो निक्षेप्ता रहसि प्रणिपातेन प्रज्ञापयेत्, वन अन्ते वा मद्य प्रहवण विश्वासेन ॥
When a depositary denies having received a sealed deposit which was not, however, deposited for any reasonable cause, the depositor may obtain secret permission (from the judges) to produce such witnesses as he might have stationed under a wall (gúdhabhitti) while depositing.
english translation
रहसि वृद्धो व्याधितो वा वैदेहकः कश्चित् कृत लक्षणं द्रव्यम् अस्य हस्ते निक्षिप्य अपगच्छेत् ॥
In the midst of a forest or in the middle of a voyage an old or afflicted merchant might with confidence put in the custody of a depositary some valuable article with certain secret mark, and go on his way.
english translation
तस्य प्रतिदेशेन पुत्रो भ्राता वा अभिगम्य निक्षेपं याचेत ॥
On his sending this information to his son or brother, the latter may ask for the sealed deposit.
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