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VI, 4
service; wages.
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having declared him a free man three times, he
shall dismiss him with his face turned towards the
east h
SIXTH TITLE OF LAW.
Non-payment of Wages.
*1. A series of rules will be stated (next) for the
payment and non-payment of labourers’ wages. It
is termed ‘ Non-payment of Wages,’ a title of law.
* 2. A master shall regularly pay wages to the
servant hired by him, whether it be at the com-
mencement, at the middle, or at the encl of his work,
just as he had agreed to do.
* 3. Where the amount of the wages has not been
fixed, (the servant of) a trader, a herdsman, and an
agricultural servant shall respectively take a tenth
part of the profit (derived from the sale of mer-
chandise), of the seed of cows, and of the grain.
* 4. Their implements of work, and whatever else
1 The Indian MSS. and some quotations insert the following para-
graph here, which is omitted in the Nepalese MS. and in other
quotations :—
‘ *44. From that time let it be said that this slave is cherished
by the favour of his master. His food may be eaten, and presents
accepted from him, and he shall be respected (by worthy persons).’
VI, 2. When the amount of the wages has been fixed by an agree-
ment in this form, ‘ I will give thee thus much,’ it shall be divided
into three parts, and one part be given on three occasions, viz. at
the commencement, middle, and end of the labour. This rule is
applicable where the amount of the wages has been fixed. The next
paragraph states the rule for those cases where the amount of the
wages has not been fixed. Viramitrodaya, p. 414.
3. The strange term ‘the seed of cows’ denotes cows’ milk
according to the commentators. Yagvzavalkya II, 194.
4. The phrase ‘ whatever may have been entrusted to servants
for their business ’ is explained as referring to grain and the like
service; wages.
i39
having declared him a free man three times, he
shall dismiss him with his face turned towards the
east h
SIXTH TITLE OF LAW.
Non-payment of Wages.
*1. A series of rules will be stated (next) for the
payment and non-payment of labourers’ wages. It
is termed ‘ Non-payment of Wages,’ a title of law.
* 2. A master shall regularly pay wages to the
servant hired by him, whether it be at the com-
mencement, at the middle, or at the encl of his work,
just as he had agreed to do.
* 3. Where the amount of the wages has not been
fixed, (the servant of) a trader, a herdsman, and an
agricultural servant shall respectively take a tenth
part of the profit (derived from the sale of mer-
chandise), of the seed of cows, and of the grain.
* 4. Their implements of work, and whatever else
1 The Indian MSS. and some quotations insert the following para-
graph here, which is omitted in the Nepalese MS. and in other
quotations :—
‘ *44. From that time let it be said that this slave is cherished
by the favour of his master. His food may be eaten, and presents
accepted from him, and he shall be respected (by worthy persons).’
VI, 2. When the amount of the wages has been fixed by an agree-
ment in this form, ‘ I will give thee thus much,’ it shall be divided
into three parts, and one part be given on three occasions, viz. at
the commencement, middle, and end of the labour. This rule is
applicable where the amount of the wages has been fixed. The next
paragraph states the rule for those cases where the amount of the
wages has not been fixed. Viramitrodaya, p. 414.
3. The strange term ‘the seed of cows’ denotes cows’ milk
according to the commentators. Yagvzavalkya II, 194.
4. The phrase ‘ whatever may have been entrusted to servants
for their business ’ is explained as referring to grain and the like