Manusmriti

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कर्मणाऽपि समं कुर्याद् धनिकायाधमर्णिकः । समोऽवकृष्टजातिस्तु दद्यात्श्रेयांस्तु तत्शनैः ॥ १७७ ॥

Even by (personal) labour shall the debtor make good (what he owes) to his creditor, if he be of the same caste or of a lower one; but a (debtor) of a higher caste shall pay it gradually (when he earns something).

english translation

karmaNA'pi samaM kuryAd dhanikAyAdhamarNikaH | samo'vakRSTajAtistu dadyAtzreyAMstu tatzanaiH || 177 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript