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NARADA.
from travelling, and arrest relating to karman;
these are the four sorts of arrest. One arrested
must not break his arrest.
* 49. One arrested while crossing a river, or in
a forest (kantara), or in a bad country, or during
a great calamity, or in another such predicament,
commits no fault by breaking his arrest.
[50. Those causes which have been tried in the
king’s court, (or) by friends, connections, or relations,
shall be tried anew, after a fine of twice the original
amount (of the sum in dispute) has been imposed.]
* 51. If one arrested at a proper time breaks his
arrest, he shall be punished. One who arrests im-
properly is (equally) liable to punishment.
* 52. One about to marry; one tormented by an
illness ; one about to offer a sacrifice; one afflicted
by a calamity; one accused by another; one em-
ployed in the king’s service ;
49. Kantara, ‘ a fearful forest,’ ‘ a bad country,’ a dangerous
place, ‘ a great calamity,’ a public disaster or a heavy affliction and
the like. One who breaks an arrest which has been put on him in
one of the places or on one of the occasions hitherto mentioned,
does not commit a criminal offence by doing so. A.
50. A. observes that this verse, though it ought not to come in
here, has been inserted from the original work (of Narada ?). It
means, according to him, that both those lawsuits which have been
decided by the king in person, and those which have been decided
by friends, connections, or relatives, shall be tried anew, in case the
double amount of the fine ordained has been paid. Ya^navalkya
II, 305. Perhaps the word ‘ (or) ’ had better be omitted.
51. ‘A proper time ’ means ‘ a suitable time,’ i. e. any other time
besides the various occasions mentioned in paragraph 45. ‘One who
arrests improperly,’ is either one who arrests on one of the pro-
hibited occasions, or one who arrests without sufficient reason. A.
52. Artizans, i. e. manual labourers, while engaged in their
work. A.
NARADA.
from travelling, and arrest relating to karman;
these are the four sorts of arrest. One arrested
must not break his arrest.
* 49. One arrested while crossing a river, or in
a forest (kantara), or in a bad country, or during
a great calamity, or in another such predicament,
commits no fault by breaking his arrest.
[50. Those causes which have been tried in the
king’s court, (or) by friends, connections, or relations,
shall be tried anew, after a fine of twice the original
amount (of the sum in dispute) has been imposed.]
* 51. If one arrested at a proper time breaks his
arrest, he shall be punished. One who arrests im-
properly is (equally) liable to punishment.
* 52. One about to marry; one tormented by an
illness ; one about to offer a sacrifice; one afflicted
by a calamity; one accused by another; one em-
ployed in the king’s service ;
49. Kantara, ‘ a fearful forest,’ ‘ a bad country,’ a dangerous
place, ‘ a great calamity,’ a public disaster or a heavy affliction and
the like. One who breaks an arrest which has been put on him in
one of the places or on one of the occasions hitherto mentioned,
does not commit a criminal offence by doing so. A.
50. A. observes that this verse, though it ought not to come in
here, has been inserted from the original work (of Narada ?). It
means, according to him, that both those lawsuits which have been
decided by the king in person, and those which have been decided
by friends, connections, or relatives, shall be tried anew, in case the
double amount of the fine ordained has been paid. Ya^navalkya
II, 305. Perhaps the word ‘ (or) ’ had better be omitted.
51. ‘A proper time ’ means ‘ a suitable time,’ i. e. any other time
besides the various occasions mentioned in paragraph 45. ‘One who
arrests improperly,’ is either one who arrests on one of the pro-
hibited occasions, or one who arrests without sufficient reason. A.
52. Artizans, i. e. manual labourers, while engaged in their
work. A.