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देव पशु प्रतिमा मनुष्य क्षेत्र गृह हिरण्य सुवर्ण रत्न सस्य अपहारिण उत्तमो दण्डः, शुद्ध वधो वा ॥

When a person steals images of gods or of animals, abducts men, or takes possession of fields, houses, gold, gold-coins, precious stones, or crops of others, he shall either be beheaded or compelled to pay the highest amercement.

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