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QUOTATIONS FROM NARADA.
1,6.
the sentence must, therefore, be entrusted to per-
sons acquainted with such matters (in a cause of this
sort).
6. A lawsuit cannot be instituted mutually between
a teacher and his pupil, or between father and son,
or man and wife, or master and servant.
7. A plaint is declared (inadmissible) likewise by
the learned in law, when it has been raised by one
against many, or by women, or by menials.
8. He shall be admitted as plaintiff whose griev-
ance is the greater, or whose affair is the more
important of the two, and not he who was the first
to go to law.
9. Half of the (ordinary) punishment is declared
for him who either confesses his deed, after having
committed an illicit act of violence, or says of his
own accord, ‘ 11 is true.’
10. When (an assessor of the court) has recognised
the royal mind to swerve from the path of duty, he
must not pronounce an opinion which is agreeable
to the king. (It is only by declaring what is just
that) he becomes free from sin.
11. Transgression of (the king’s) commands, kill-
ing a female, mixture of castes, illicit intercourse
with another man’s wife, robbery, pregnancy caused
by another man than the husband,
6. Vy. V. ; Viram. p. 46 (‘ Brzhaspati ’).
7. Vy. K.; Viram. p. 47. 8. Viram. p. 60.
9. Smrz'tiZ. ayuktazzz sahasazzz krz'tva pratyapattizzz vra^et tu ya/z 1
bruyat svayazzz va sad iti tasya ^arthadama/z smz-ztaZz 11
10. Viram. p. 15. ‘He must not pronounce an opinion which
is agreeable to the king,’ i. e. he must not endeavour to please him
by what he declares, but must deliver an equitable opinion. By-
acting thus, he becomes free from sin. Viram.
11. 12. Viram. p. 50.
QUOTATIONS FROM NARADA.
1,6.
the sentence must, therefore, be entrusted to per-
sons acquainted with such matters (in a cause of this
sort).
6. A lawsuit cannot be instituted mutually between
a teacher and his pupil, or between father and son,
or man and wife, or master and servant.
7. A plaint is declared (inadmissible) likewise by
the learned in law, when it has been raised by one
against many, or by women, or by menials.
8. He shall be admitted as plaintiff whose griev-
ance is the greater, or whose affair is the more
important of the two, and not he who was the first
to go to law.
9. Half of the (ordinary) punishment is declared
for him who either confesses his deed, after having
committed an illicit act of violence, or says of his
own accord, ‘ 11 is true.’
10. When (an assessor of the court) has recognised
the royal mind to swerve from the path of duty, he
must not pronounce an opinion which is agreeable
to the king. (It is only by declaring what is just
that) he becomes free from sin.
11. Transgression of (the king’s) commands, kill-
ing a female, mixture of castes, illicit intercourse
with another man’s wife, robbery, pregnancy caused
by another man than the husband,
6. Vy. V. ; Viram. p. 46 (‘ Brzhaspati ’).
7. Vy. K.; Viram. p. 47. 8. Viram. p. 60.
9. Smrz'tiZ. ayuktazzz sahasazzz krz'tva pratyapattizzz vra^et tu ya/z 1
bruyat svayazzz va sad iti tasya ^arthadama/z smz-ztaZz 11
10. Viram. p. 15. ‘He must not pronounce an opinion which
is agreeable to the king,’ i. e. he must not endeavour to please him
by what he declares, but must deliver an equitable opinion. By-
acting thus, he becomes free from sin. Viram.
11. 12. Viram. p. 50.