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क्षुद्र कारवो बन्धकी पोषकाश् च दश कराः ॥

Articles of inferior workmanship, as well as those who keep prostitutes, shall pay 10 karas.

english translation

काष्ठ वेणु पाषाण मृद् भाण्ड पक्व अन्न हरित पण्याः पञ्च कराः ॥

Those that trade in firewood, bamboos, stones, earthen-pots, cooked rice, and vegetables shall pay 5 karas.

english translation

कुशीलवा रूप आजीवाश् च वेतन अर्धं दद्युः ॥

Dramatists and prostitutes shall pay half of their wages.

english translation

हिरण्य करं कर्मण्यान् आहारयेयुः, न च एषां कंचिद् अपराधं परिहरेयुः ॥

The entire property of goldsmiths shall be taken possession of; and no offence of theirs shall be forgiven.

english translation

ते ह्य् अपरिगृहीतम् अभिनीय विक्रीणीरन् ॥

for they carry on their fraudulent trade while pretending at the same time to be honest and innocent.

english translation