Manusmriti
खलात् क्षेत्रादगाराद् वा यतो वाऽप्युपलभ्यते । आख्यातव्यं तु तत् तस्मै पृच्छते यदि पृच्छति ॥ १७ ॥
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 by Sanscriptखलात् क्षेत्रादगाराद् वा यतो वाऽप्युपलभ्यते । आख्यातव्यं तु तत् तस्मै पृच्छते यदि पृच्छति ॥ १७ ॥
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 by Sanscript