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पर चक्र अटवी हृताम् ओघ प्रव्यूढाम् अरण्येषु दुर्भिक्षे वा त्यक्तां प्रेत भाव उत्सृष्टां वा पर स्त्रियं निस्तारयित्वा यथा संभाषितं समुपभुञ्जीत ॥
When a man rescues a woman from enemies, forests, or floods, or saves the life of a woman who has been abandoned in forests, forsaken in famine, or thrown out as if dead, he may enjoy her as agreed upon during the rescue.
english translation
जाति विशिष्टाम् अकामाम् अपत्यवतीं निष्क्रयेण दद्यात् ॥
A woman of high caste, with children and having no desire for sexual enjoyment, may be let off after receiving an adequate amount of ransom.
english translation
चोर हस्तान् नदी वेगाद् दुर्भिक्षाद् देश विभ्रमात् । निस्तारयित्वा कान्तारान् नष्टां त्यक्तां मृता इति वा ॥
Those women who have been rescued from the hands of thieves, from floods, in famine, or in national calamities, or who, having been abandoned, missed, or thrown out as if dead in forests, have been taken home may be enjoyed by the rescuer as agreed upon.
english translation
भुञ्जीत स्त्रियम् अन्येषां यथा संभाषितं नरः । न तु राज प्रतापेन प्रमुक्तां स्वजनेन वा ॥
But no such women as have been cast out under royal edict, or by their own kinsmen.
english translation
न च उत्तमां न च अकामां पूर्व अपत्यवतीं न च । ईदृशीं त्व् अनुरूपेण निष्क्रयेण अपवाहयेत् ॥
nor such as belong to high caste, or do not like to be rescued, nor even those who have children shall be rescued either for ransom or for their person.
english translation