If the original (seller) be not producible, (the buyer) being exculpated by a public sale, must be dismissed by the king without punishment, but (the former owner) who lost the chattel shall receive it (back from the buyer).
नान्यदन्येन संसृष्टरूपं विक्रयमर्हति । न चासारं न च न्यूनं न दूरेण तिरोहितम् ॥ २०३ ॥
One commodity mixed with another must not be sold (as pure), nor a bad one (as good), nor less (than the proper quantity or weight), nor anything that is not at hand or that is concealed.
नोन्मत्ताया न कुष्ठिन्या न च या स्पृष्टमैथुना । पूर्वं दोषानभिख्याप्य प्रदाता दण्डमर्हति ॥ २०५ ॥
He who gives (a damsel in marriage), having first openly declared her blemishes, whether she be insane, or afflicted with leprosy, or have lost her virginity, is not liable to punishment.