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कुल नीवी ग्राहकस्य अपव्ययने, विधवां छन्द वासिनीं प्रसह्य अधिचरतः, चण्डालस्य आर्यां स्पृशतः, प्रत्यासन्नम् आपद्य् अनभिधावतो, निष्कारणम् अभिधावनं कुर्वतः, शाक्य आजीवक आदीन् वृषल प्रव्रजितान् देव पितृ कार्येषु भोजयतः शत्यो दण्डः ॥

When a person misappropriates the revenue he collects as the agent of a household, violates by force the chastity of a widow of independent living, when an outcast (chandála) person touches an Arya woman, when a person does not run to render help to another in danger, or runs without a cause, and when a person entertains, in dinner dedicated to gods or ancestors Buddhists (sákya,) Ajívakas, Súdras and exiled persons, (pravrajita) a fine of 100 panas shall be imposed.

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