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मर्यादा अपहरणे पूर्वः साहस दण्डः ॥

Encroachment upon boundaries shall be punished with the first amercement.

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मर्यादा भेदे चतुर् विंशति पणः ॥

Destruction of boundaries shall be punished with a fine of 24 panas.

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तेन तपो वन विवीत महा पथ श्मशान देव कुल यजन पुण्य स्थान विवादा व्याख्याताः ॥ इति मर्यादा स्थापनम् ॥

The same rules shall hold good in disputes concerning hermitage in forests, pasture lands, high roads, cremation-grounds, temples, sacrificial places, and places of pilgrimage.

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सर्व एव विवादाः सामन्त प्रत्ययाः ॥

Thus the determination of boundaries is dealt with.

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विवीत स्थल केदार षण्ड खल वेश्म वाहन कोष्ठानां पूर्वं पूर्वम् आबाधं सहेत ॥

(Miscellaneous hindrances.) All kinds of disputes shall depend for their settlement on the evidence to be furnished by neighbours.

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