Manusmriti
सन्धिं छित्त्वा तु ये चौर्यं रात्रौ कुर्वन्ति तस्कराः । तेषां छित्त्वा नृपो हस्तौ तीक्ष्णे शूले निवेशयेत् ॥ २७६ ॥
But the king shall cut off the hands of those robbers who, breaking into houses, commit thefts at night, and cause them to be impaled on a pointed stake.
english translation
sandhiM chittvA tu ye cauryaM rAtrau kurvanti taskarAH | teSAM chittvA nRpo hastau tIkSNe zUle nivezayet || 276 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसन्धिं छित्त्वा तु ये चौर्यं रात्रौ कुर्वन्ति तस्कराः । तेषां छित्त्वा नृपो हस्तौ तीक्ष्णे शूले निवेशयेत् ॥ २७६ ॥
But the king shall cut off the hands of those robbers who, breaking into houses, commit thefts at night, and cause them to be impaled on a pointed stake.
english translation
sandhiM chittvA tu ye cauryaM rAtrau kurvanti taskarAH | teSAM chittvA nRpo hastau tIkSNe zUle nivezayet || 276 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript