उत्तम अवर मध्यत्वं प्रदेष्टा दण्ड कर्मणि । राज्ञश् च प्रकृतीनां च कल्पयेद् अन्तरा स्थितः ॥
and without failing to notice equitable distinctions among offenders, whether belonging to royal family or to the common people, shall the commissioner determine the propriety of imposing the first, middlemost, or highest amercements.