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दीर्घाध्वनि यथादेशं यथाकालं तरो भवेत् । नदीतीरेषु तद् विद्यात् समुद्रे नास्ति लक्षणम् ॥ ४०६ ॥
For a long passage the boat-hire must be proportioned to the places and times; know that this (rule refers) to (passages along) the banks of rivers; at sea there is no settled (freight).
english translation
गर्भिणी तु द्विमासादिस्तथा प्रव्रजितो मुनिः । ब्राह्मणा लिङ्गिनश्चैव न दाप्यास्तारिकं तरे ॥ ४०७ ॥
But a woman who has been pregnant two months or more, an ascetic, a hermit in the forest, and Brahmanas who are students of the Veda, shall not be made to pay toll at a ferry.
english translation
यन्नावि किं चिद् दाशानां विशीर्येतापराधतः । तद् दाशैरेव दातव्यं समागम्य स्वतोऽंशतः ॥ ४०८ ॥
Whatever may be damaged in a boat by the fault of the boatmen, that shall be made good by the boatmen collectively, (each paying) his share.
english translation
एष नौयायिनामुक्तो व्यवहारस्य निर्णयः । दाशापराधतस्तोये दैविके नास्ति निग्रहः ॥ ४०९ ॥
This decision in suits (brought) by passengers (holds good only) in case the boatmen are culpably negligent on the water; in the case of (an accident) caused by (the will of) the gods, no fine can be (inflicted on them).
english translation
वाणिज्यं कारयेद् वैश्यं कुसीदं कृषिमेव च । पशूनां रक्षणं चैव दास्यं शूद्रं द्विजन्मनाम् ॥ ४१० ॥
(The king) should order a Vaisya to trade, to lend money, to cultivate the land, or to tend cattle, and a Sudra to serve the twice-born castes
english translation