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एतद् दण्डविधिं कुर्याद् धार्मिकः पृथिवीपतिः । ग्रामजातिसमूहेषु समयव्यभिचारिणाम् ॥ २२१ ॥
A righteous king shall apply this law of fines in villages and castes (gati) to those who break an agreement.
english translation
क्रीत्वा विक्रीय वा किं चिद् यस्यैहानुशयो भवेत् । सोऽन्तर्दशाहात् तद् द्रव्यं दद्याच्चैवाददीत वा ॥ २२२ ॥
If anybody in this (world), after buying or selling anything, repent (of his bargain), he may return or take (back) that chattel within ten days.
english translation
परेण तु दशाहस्य न दद्यान्नापि दापयेत् । आददानो ददत् चैव राज्ञा दण्ड्यौ शतानि षट् ॥ २२३ ॥
But after (the lapse of) ten days he may neither give nor cause it to be given (back); both he who takes it (back) and he who gives it (back, except by consent) shall be fined by the king six hundred (panas).
english translation
यस्तु दोषवतीं कन्यामनाख्याय प्रयच्छति । तस्य कुर्यान्नृपो दण्डं स्वयं षण्णवतिं पणान् ॥ २२४ ॥
But the king himself shall impose a fine of ninety-six panas on him who gives a blemished damsel (to a suitor) without informing (him of the blemish).
english translation
अकन्येति तु यः कन्यां ब्रूयाद् द्वेषेण मानवः । स शतं प्राप्नुयाद् दण्डं तस्या दोषमदर्शयन् ॥ २२५ ॥
But that man who, out of malice, says of a maiden, ’She is not a maiden,’shall be fined one hundred (panas), if he cannot prove her blemish.
english translation