Manusmriti

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खलात् क्षेत्रादगाराद् वा यतो वाऽप्युपलभ्यते । आख्यातव्यं तु तत् तस्मै पृच्छते यदि पृच्छति ॥ १७ ॥

sanskrit

Either from the threshing-floor, or from a field, or out of the house, or wherever he finds it; but if (the owner) asks him, he must confess to him that (deed and its cause).

english translation

khalAt kSetrAdagArAd vA yato vA'pyupalabhyate | AkhyAtavyaM tu tat tasmai pRcchate yadi pRcchati || 17 ||

hk transliteration