Manusmriti
कृतानुसारादधिका व्यतिरिक्ता न सिध्यति । कुसीदपथमाहुस्तं पञ्चकं शतमर्हति ॥ १५२ ॥
Stipulated interest beyond the legal rate, being against (the law), cannot be recovered; they call that a usurious way (of lending); (the lender) is (in no case) entitled to (more than) five in the hundred.
english translation
kRtAnusArAdadhikA vyatiriktA na sidhyati | kusIdapathamAhustaM paJcakaM zatamarhati || 152 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकृतानुसारादधिका व्यतिरिक्ता न सिध्यति । कुसीदपथमाहुस्तं पञ्चकं शतमर्हति ॥ १५२ ॥
Stipulated interest beyond the legal rate, being against (the law), cannot be recovered; they call that a usurious way (of lending); (the lender) is (in no case) entitled to (more than) five in the hundred.
english translation
kRtAnusArAdadhikA vyatiriktA na sidhyati | kusIdapathamAhustaM paJcakaM zatamarhati || 152 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript