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यस्य विद्वान् हि वदतः क्षेत्रज्ञो नाभिशङ्कते । तस्मान्न देवाः श्रेयांसं लोकेऽन्यं पुरुषं विदुः ॥ ९६ ॥
The gods are acquainted with no better man in this world than him, of whom his conscious Soul has no distrust, when he gives evidence.
english translation
यावतो बान्धवान् यस्मिन् हन्ति साक्ष्येऽनृतं वदन् । तावतः सङ्ख्यया तस्मिन् शृणु सौम्यानुपूर्वशः ॥ ९७ ॥
’Learn now, O friend, from an enumeration in due order, how many relatives he destroys who gives false evidence in several particular cases.
english translation
पञ्च पश्वनृते हन्ति दश हन्ति गवानृते । शतमश्वानृते हन्ति सहस्रं पुरुषानृते ॥ ९८ ॥
He kills five by false Testimony regarding (small) cattle, he kills ten by false testimony regarding kine, he kills a hundred by false evidence concerning horses, and a thousand by false evidence concerning men.
english translation
हन्ति जातानजातांश्च हिरण्यार्थेऽनृतं वदन् । सर्वं भूमिअनृते हन्ति मा स्म भूमिअनृतं वदीः ॥ ९९ ॥
’By speaking falsely in a cause regarding gold, he kills the born and the unborn; by false evidence concerning land, he kills everything; beware, therefore, of false evidence concerning land.
english translation
अप्सु भूमिवदित्याहुः स्त्रीणां भोगे च मैथुने । अब्जेषु चैव रत्नेषु सर्वेष्वश्ममयेषु च ॥ १०० ॥
They declare (false evidence) concerning water, concerning the carnal enjoyment of women, and concerning all gems, produced in water, or consisting of stones (to be) equally (wicked) as a lie concerning land.
english translation