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NARADA.
VI, 5-
may have been entrusted to them for their business,
they shall employ with clue care and not neglect
them wantonly.
" 5. If one fails to perform such work as he had
promised to do, he shall be compelled to perform it,
first paying him his wages. If he does not perform
it after having taken wages, he must pay back twice
the amount of his wages.
* 6. One who abandons merchandise which he
had agreed to convey to its destination, shall give a
sixth part of the wages. (An employer) who does
not pay the wages which he had agreed to give
shall forfeit those wages together with interest.
* 7. A merchant who does not take a conveyance
used for agriculture. It appears from the preceding paragraph that
business of every sort is intended. Yagzzavalkya II, 193.
5. Manu VIII, 215; Apastamba II, 11, 28, 2-3; Vislvzu V,
153, 154 ; Yayzzavalkya II, 193.
6. The Ratnakara refers the second half of this paragraph, like
the first half, to the special case of wages or hire promised to the
carrier for the transport of goods. See Colebrooke’s Digest, III,
1, 92. Yagyzavalkya II, 198.
7. ‘ A conveyance,’ a cart or the like. ‘Beasts for draught or
burden,’ horses or others. When a man hires the conveyance, &c. of
another for the purpose of transporting merchandise, and does not
transport the merchandise afterwards, because he has promised to
pay an excessive hire, he shall pay a fourth part of the promised hire
to the owner of the conveyance. When, however, he takes the
conveyance and leaves it, after having completed one half of the
journey, he shall have to pay the whole of the hire. Viramitrodaya,
p. 420. Ya^zzavalkya II, 198. Of vv. 6, 7, the Nepalese MS. has
an entirely different version, as follows: ‘ *6. One who abandons
his work before the expiration of the term, forfeits his wages. If
it is through the fault of his employer that he strikes work, he shall
be rewarded for as much as has been finished by him. 7. He who
leaves on the road that which he had undertaken to transport, shall
give a sixth part of the (stipulated) wages. An employer who does
not pay (wages) after having set the workman to work, (shall be
NARADA.
VI, 5-
may have been entrusted to them for their business,
they shall employ with clue care and not neglect
them wantonly.
" 5. If one fails to perform such work as he had
promised to do, he shall be compelled to perform it,
first paying him his wages. If he does not perform
it after having taken wages, he must pay back twice
the amount of his wages.
* 6. One who abandons merchandise which he
had agreed to convey to its destination, shall give a
sixth part of the wages. (An employer) who does
not pay the wages which he had agreed to give
shall forfeit those wages together with interest.
* 7. A merchant who does not take a conveyance
used for agriculture. It appears from the preceding paragraph that
business of every sort is intended. Yagzzavalkya II, 193.
5. Manu VIII, 215; Apastamba II, 11, 28, 2-3; Vislvzu V,
153, 154 ; Yayzzavalkya II, 193.
6. The Ratnakara refers the second half of this paragraph, like
the first half, to the special case of wages or hire promised to the
carrier for the transport of goods. See Colebrooke’s Digest, III,
1, 92. Yagyzavalkya II, 198.
7. ‘ A conveyance,’ a cart or the like. ‘Beasts for draught or
burden,’ horses or others. When a man hires the conveyance, &c. of
another for the purpose of transporting merchandise, and does not
transport the merchandise afterwards, because he has promised to
pay an excessive hire, he shall pay a fourth part of the promised hire
to the owner of the conveyance. When, however, he takes the
conveyance and leaves it, after having completed one half of the
journey, he shall have to pay the whole of the hire. Viramitrodaya,
p. 420. Ya^zzavalkya II, 198. Of vv. 6, 7, the Nepalese MS. has
an entirely different version, as follows: ‘ *6. One who abandons
his work before the expiration of the term, forfeits his wages. If
it is through the fault of his employer that he strikes work, he shall
be rewarded for as much as has been finished by him. 7. He who
leaves on the road that which he had undertaken to transport, shall
give a sixth part of the (stipulated) wages. An employer who does
not pay (wages) after having set the workman to work, (shall be