Arthashastra

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प्रकीर्णकं तु याचितक अवक्रीतक आहितक निक्षेपकाणां यथा देश कालम् अदाने, यामच् छाया समुपवेश संस्थितीनां वा देश काल अतिपातने, गुल्मतर देयं ब्राह्मणं साधयतः, प्रतिवेश अनुवेशयोर् उपरि निमन्त्रणे च द्वादश पणो दण्डः ॥

(Miscellaneous offences.) As regards miscellaneous offences:-- When a person does not return in required place or time the property he has borrowed or hired, or placed in his custody as a deposit, sits under the shade for more than one and a quarter of an hour (ayáma) as prescribed, evades under the excuse of being a Bráhman the payment due while passing military stations or crossing rivers, and bawls out or invites others to fight against his neighbours, he shall be punished with a fine of 12 panas.

english translation

prakIrNakaM tu yAcitaka avakrItaka Ahitaka nikSepakANAM yathA deza kAlam adAne, yAmac chAyA samupaveza saMsthitInAM vA deza kAla atipAtane, gulmatara deyaM brAhmaNaM sAdhayataH, prativeza anuvezayor upari nimantraNe ca dvAdaza paNo daNDaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript