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आगमं निर्गमं स्थानं तथा वृद्धिक्षयावुभौ । विचार्य सर्वपण्यानां कारयेत् क्रयविक्रयौ ॥ ४०१ ॥
Let (the king) fix (the rates for) the purchase and sale of all marketable goods, having (duly) considered whence they come, whither they go, how long they have been kept, the (probable) profit and the (probable) outlay.
english translation
पञ्चरात्रे पञ्चरात्रे पक्षे पक्षेऽथ वा गते । कुर्वीत चैषां प्रत्यक्षमर्घसंस्थापनं नृपः ॥ ४०२ ॥
Once in five nights, or at the close of each fortnight, let the king publicly settle the prices for the (merchants).
english translation
तुलामानं प्रतीमानं सर्वं च स्यात् सुलक्षितम् । षट्सु षट्सु च मासेषु पुनरेव परीक्षयेत् ॥ ४०३ ॥
All weights and measures must be duly marked, and once in six months let him re-examine them.
english translation
पणं यानं तरे दाप्यं पौरुषोऽर्धपणं तरे । पादं पशुश्च योषित्च पादार्धं रिक्तकः पुमान् ॥ ४०४ ॥
At a ferry an (empty) cart shall be made to pay one pana, a man’s (load) half a pana, an animal and a woman one quarter of a (pana), an unloaded man one-half of a quarter.
english translation
भाण्डपूर्णानि यानानि तार्यं दाप्यानि सारतः । रिक्तभाण्डानि यत् किं चित् पुमांसश्चपरिच्छदाः ॥ ४०५ ॥
Carts (laden) with vessels full (of merchandise) shall be made to pay toll at a ferry according to the value (of the goods), empty vessels and men without luggage some trifle.
english translation