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BAZHASPATI.
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21. (In the ordeal by water) he should immerse
the individual in water and discharge three arrows.
22. He is acquitted (in the ordeal by poison) who
has digested poison, which has been given to him
according to rule, without the application of spells or
antidotes. Otherwise he should be punished and
compelled to pay the sum in dispute.
23. To whatsoever deity the accused happens to
be devoted, let (the judge) bathe the weapon of that
deity in water, and give him to drink three handfuls
of it.
24. He to whom no calamity happens, within a
week or a fortnight, (either to himself or) to his son,
wife or property, is innocent beyond doubt.
25. Let a man chew grains of rice after having
kept a fast and purified himself, at a time when the
sun is not visible. He is acquitted if what he spits
out is pure ; but if it be mixed with blood, he must
be (held) guilty.
26. Let (the person) take a hot piece of gold out
of (a mixture of) well-heated oil and butter.
27. He whose fingers’ ends do not tremble, and
who does not become blistered, is acquitted according
to law, as has been declared by Pitamaha.
28. Iron twelve Palas in weight should be formed
into what is called a ploughshare. It should be
eight Aiigulas long by four Angulas broad.
21. Viram. p. 271. 22. Viram. p. 276.
23. Viram. p. 280. 24. Viram. p. 281.
25. Viram. p. 282. The TWarananda attributes to BrZhaspati
another text identical with Narada I, 25, 342 (above, p. 119).
26. Viram. p. 283.
27. Viram. p. 284. The same text occurs in the Nepalese
Narada.
28. 29. Viram. p. 283. Some texts relating to this kind of
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21. (In the ordeal by water) he should immerse
the individual in water and discharge three arrows.
22. He is acquitted (in the ordeal by poison) who
has digested poison, which has been given to him
according to rule, without the application of spells or
antidotes. Otherwise he should be punished and
compelled to pay the sum in dispute.
23. To whatsoever deity the accused happens to
be devoted, let (the judge) bathe the weapon of that
deity in water, and give him to drink three handfuls
of it.
24. He to whom no calamity happens, within a
week or a fortnight, (either to himself or) to his son,
wife or property, is innocent beyond doubt.
25. Let a man chew grains of rice after having
kept a fast and purified himself, at a time when the
sun is not visible. He is acquitted if what he spits
out is pure ; but if it be mixed with blood, he must
be (held) guilty.
26. Let (the person) take a hot piece of gold out
of (a mixture of) well-heated oil and butter.
27. He whose fingers’ ends do not tremble, and
who does not become blistered, is acquitted according
to law, as has been declared by Pitamaha.
28. Iron twelve Palas in weight should be formed
into what is called a ploughshare. It should be
eight Aiigulas long by four Angulas broad.
21. Viram. p. 271. 22. Viram. p. 276.
23. Viram. p. 280. 24. Viram. p. 281.
25. Viram. p. 282. The TWarananda attributes to BrZhaspati
another text identical with Narada I, 25, 342 (above, p. 119).
26. Viram. p. 283.
27. Viram. p. 284. The same text occurs in the Nepalese
Narada.
28. 29. Viram. p. 283. Some texts relating to this kind of