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यस्मिन् देशे निषीदन्ति विप्रा वेदविदस्त्रयः । राज्ञश्चाधिकृतो विद्वान् ब्रह्मणस्तां सभां विदुः ॥ ११ ॥
Where three Brahmanas versed in the Vedas and the learned (judge) appointed by the king sit down, they call that the court of (four-faced) Brahman.
english translation
धर्मो विद्धस्त्वधर्मेण सभां यत्रोपतिष्ठते । शल्यं चास्य न कृन्तन्ति विद्धास्तत्र सभासदः ॥ १२ ॥
But where justice, wounded by injustice, approaches and the judges do not extract the dart, there (they also) are wounded (by that dart of injustice).
english translation
सभां वा न प्रवेष्टव्यं वक्तव्यं वा समञ्जसम् । अब्रुवन् विब्रुवन् वाऽपि नरो भवति किल्बिषी ॥ १३ ॥
Either the court must not be entered, or the truth must be spoken; a man who either says nothing or speaks falsely, becomes sinful.
english translation
यत्र धर्मो ह्यधर्मेण सत्यं यत्रानृतेन च । हन्यते प्रेक्षमाणानां हतास्तत्र सभासदः ॥ १४ ॥
Where justice is destroyed by injustice, or truth by falsehood, while the judges look on, there they shall also be destroyed.
english translation
धर्म एव हतो हन्ति धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः । तस्माद् धर्मो न हन्तव्यो मा नो धर्मो हतोऽवधीत् ॥ १५ ॥
’Justice, being violated, destroys; justice, being preserved, preserves: therefore justice must not be violated, lest violated justice destroy us.’
english translation