Arthashastra

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स चेद् अल्पम् अपि कारयित्वा न कारयेत् कृतम् एव अस्य विद्यात् ॥

sanskrit

If an employer, having caused his labourer to do a part of work, will not cause him to do the rest for which the latter may certainly be ready, then also the unfinished portion of the work has to be regarded as finished.

english translation

sa ced alpam api kArayitvA na kArayet kRtam eva asya vidyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/dharmasthiyam/14/9

स चेद् अल्पम् अपि कारयित्वा न कारयेत् कृतम् एव अस्य विद्यात् ॥

sanskrit

If an employer, having caused his labourer to do a part of work, will not cause him to do the rest for which the latter may certainly be ready, then also the unfinished portion of the work has to be regarded as finished.

english translation

sa ced alpam api kArayitvA na kArayet kRtam eva asya vidyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript