पादोऽधर्मस्य कर्तारं पादः साक्षिणं ऋच्छति । पादः सभासदः सर्वान् पादो राजानमृच्छति ॥ १८ ॥
One quarter of (the guilt of) an unjust (decision) falls on him who committed (the crime), one quarter on the (false) witness, one quarter on all the judges, one quarter on the king.
english translation
pAdo'dharmasya kartAraM pAdaH sAkSiNaM Rcchati | pAdaH sabhAsadaH sarvAn pAdo rAjAnamRcchati || 18 ||
hk transliteration by SanscriptManusmriti
पादोऽधर्मस्य कर्तारं पादः साक्षिणं ऋच्छति । पादः सभासदः सर्वान् पादो राजानमृच्छति ॥ १८ ॥
One quarter of (the guilt of) an unjust (decision) falls on him who committed (the crime), one quarter on the (false) witness, one quarter on all the judges, one quarter on the king.
english translation
pAdo'dharmasya kartAraM pAdaH sAkSiNaM Rcchati | pAdaH sabhAsadaH sarvAn pAdo rAjAnamRcchati || 18 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript