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क्षेत्रियस्यात्यये दण्डो भागाद् दशगुणो भवेत् । ततोऽर्धदण्डो भृत्यानामज्ञानात् क्षेत्रिकस्य तु ॥ २४३ ॥
If (the crops are destroyed by) the husbandman’s (own) fault, the fine shall amount to ten times as much as (the king’s) share; but the fine (shall be) only half that amount if (the fault lay) with the servants and the farmer had no knowledge of it.
english translation
kSetriyasyAtyaye daNDo bhAgAd dazaguNo bhavet | tato'rdhadaNDo bhRtyAnAmajJAnAt kSetrikasya tu || 243 ||
hk transliteration by SanscriptManusmriti
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क्षेत्रियस्यात्यये दण्डो भागाद् दशगुणो भवेत् । ततोऽर्धदण्डो भृत्यानामज्ञानात् क्षेत्रिकस्य तु ॥ २४३ ॥
If (the crops are destroyed by) the husbandman’s (own) fault, the fine shall amount to ten times as much as (the king’s) share; but the fine (shall be) only half that amount if (the fault lay) with the servants and the farmer had no knowledge of it.
english translation
kSetriyasyAtyaye daNDo bhAgAd dazaguNo bhavet | tato'rdhadaNDo bhRtyAnAmajJAnAt kSetrikasya tu || 243 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript