Arthashastra

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मन्द अपराधं बालं वृद्धं व्याधितं मत्तम् उन्मत्तं क्षुत् पिपासा अध्व क्लान्तम् अत्याशितम् आमक अशितं दुर्बलं वा न कर्म कारयेत् ॥

Ignoramuses, youngsters, the aged, the afflicted, persons under intoxication, lunatics, persons suffering from hunger, thirst, or fatigue from journey, persons who have just taken more than enough of meal, persons who have confessed of their own accord (átmakásitam), and persons who are very weak,--none of these shall be subjected to torture.

english translation

manda aparAdhaM bAlaM vRddhaM vyAdhitaM mattam unmattaM kSut pipAsA adhva klAntam atyAzitam Amaka azitaM durbalaM vA na karma kArayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript