Agni Purana

अवनिष्ठीवतो दर्पाद्‌ द्वावोष्ठौ छेदयेन्नृपः । अपमूत्रयतो मेढ्रमपशब्दयतो गुदं ।। २२७.

If someone spits on the ground out of arrogance, the king should cut off both lips; for urinating in public, the penis; for uttering obscene words, the anus.

उत्कृष्टासनसंस्थस्य नीचस्याधोनिकृन्तनं । यो यदङ्गं च रुजयेत्तदङ्गन्तस्य कर्त्तयेत् ।। २२७.

If an inferior person sits on a superior seat, his buttocks should be cut; and whatever limb causes harm, that limb should be severed.

अर्द्धपादकराः कार्या गोगजाश्वोष्ट्रघातकाः । वृक्षन्तु विफलं कृत्त्वा सुवर्ण दण्डमर्हति ।। २२७.

Those who kill cows, elephants, horses, or camels should have half their feet and hands cut off; one who destroys a fruitless tree should pay a fine in gold.

द्विगुणं दाप्येच्छिन्ने पथि सीम्नि जलाशये । द्रव्याणि यो हरेद्यस्य ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतोऽपि वा ।। २२७.

If someone steals or damages property on a road, boundary, or water reservoir, he should pay double the value, whether knowingly or unknowingly.

स सस्योत्पाद्य तुष्टिन्तु राज्ञे दद्यात्ततो दमं । यस्तु रज्जुं घटं कूपाद्धरेच्छिन्द्याच्च तां प्रपां ।। २२७.

He must give to the king the produce or profit obtained, and then pay the prescribed penalty; one who takes a rope or pot from a well, or cuts the rope of a public water source,

स दण्डं प्राप्नुयान्‌मासं दण्ड्यः स्यात् प्राणिताड़ने । धान्यं दशभ्यः कुम्भेभ्यो हरतोऽभ्यधिकं बधः ।। २२७.

Such a person should be punished for a month; if he endangers life, he is punishable by death; one who steals more than ten pots of grain deserves death.

शेषेऽप्येकादशगुणं तस्य दण्डं प्रकल्पयेत् । सुवर्णरजतीदीनां नृस्त्रीणां हरणे बधः ।। २२७.

For the rest, the penalty should be eleven times the value; for stealing gold, silver, or women, the punishment is death.

येन येन यथाह्गेन स्तेनो नृषु विचेष्टते । तत्तदेव हरेदस्य प्रत्यादेशाय पार्थिवः ।। २२७.

However and with whichever limb a thief acts among men, the king should confiscate that very thing from him as retribution.

ब्राह्मणः शाकधान्यादि अल्पं गृह्णन्न दोषबाक् । गोदेवार्थं हरंश्चापि हन्याद्दुष्टं बधोद्यतं ।। २२७.

A Brahmin who takes a small amount of vegetables or grain is not considered at fault; but one who steals for the sake of cattle or gods, if wicked, should be killed if he is ready to commit evil.

गृहक्षेत्रापहर्त्तारं तथा पत्न्यभिगामिनं । अग्निनदं गरदं हन्यात्तथा चाभ्युद्यतायुधं ।। २२७.

One who steals a house or field, or approaches another's wife, or sets fire, or administers poison, or raises a weapon, should be killed.

राजा गवाभिवाराद्यं हन्याच्चैवाततायिनः । परस्त्रियं न भाषेत प्रतिषिद्धो विशेन्न हि ।। २२७.४० अदण्ड्या स्त्री भवेद्राज्ञा वरयन्ती पतिं स्वयं। उत्तमां सेवमानः स्त्रीं जघन्यो बधमर्हति ।। २२७.

The king should kill those who attack with intent to steal cows and similar crimes; one must not speak to or enter the house of another's wife when forbidden.

भर्त्तारं लङ्‌घयेद्या तां श्वभिः सङ्घातयेत् स्थिरं । सवर्णदूषितां कुर्य्यात् पिण्डमात्रोपजीविनीं ।। २२७.

A woman who transgresses against her husband should be cast out to be devoured by dogs; one corrupted by a man of her own caste should be made to live on alms only.

ज्यायसा दूषिता नारी मुण्डनं समवाप्नुयात् । वैश्यागमे तु विप्रस्य क्षत्रियस्यान्त्यजागमे ।। २२७.

A woman corrupted by a superior should have her head shaved; if a Brahmin is corrupted by a Vaiśya, or a Kṣatriya by an outcaste,

क्षत्रियः प्रथमं वैश्यो दण्ड्यः शद्रागमे भवेत् । गुहीत्वा वेतनं वेश्या लोभादन्यत्र गच्छति ।। २२७.

A Kṣatriya is first to be punished, then a Vaiśya, for intercourse with a Śūdra; if a prostitute, after taking her fee, goes elsewhere out of greed,

वेतनन्द्विगुणं दद्याद्दण्डञ्च द्विगुणं तथा। भार्या पुत्राश्च दासाश्च शिष्यो भ्राता च सोदरः ।। २२७.

She should return double the fee and pay a double fine as well; wife, sons, slaves, student, and brother,

कृतापराधास्ताड्याः स्यू रज्वा वेणुदलेन वा । पृष्टेन मस्तके हन्याच्चौरस्याप्नोति किल्विषं ।। २२७.

If they commit an offense, they may be beaten with a rope or a thin stick; if struck on the back or head, the striker incurs the guilt of a thief.

रक्षास्वधिकृतैर्यस्तु प्रजाऽत्यर्थं विलुप्यते । तेषां सर्वस्वमादाय राजा कुर्य्यान् प्रवासनं ।। २२७.

If those appointed for protection excessively oppress the people, the king should confiscate all their property and banish them.

ये नियुक्ताः स्वकार्येषुहन्युः कार्याणि कर्मिणां । निर्घृणाः क्रूरमनसस्तान्निः स्वान् कारयेन्नृप ।। २२७.

Those who, appointed to their own duties, neglect the tasks of workers—being pitiless and cruel-minded—the king should compel them to perform their own work.

अमात्यः प्राड्‌विवाको वा यः कुर्य्यात् कार्य्यमन्यथा । तस्य सर्वस्वमादाय तं राजा विप्रवासयेत् ।। २२७.

If a minister or judge carries out his duty otherwise than prescribed, the king shall confiscate all his property and banish him.

गुरुतल्पे भयः कार्य्यः सुरापाणे सुराध्वजः । स्तेयेषु श्वपदं विद्याद्‌ ब्रह्महत्याशिरः पुमान् ।। २२७.

For approaching a teacher’s wife, there must be fear; for drinking liquor, the emblem of liquor; for theft, one should know the mark of a beast; and for killing a Brahmin, the head of a man.

शूद्रादीन् घातयेद्राजा पापान् विप्रान् प्रवासयेत् । महापातकिनां वित्तं वरुणायोपपादयेत् ।। २२७.

The king should execute sinful Śūdras and others, but banish sinful Brahmins; and the wealth of great sinners should be consigned to Varuṇa.

ग्रामेष्वपि च ये केचिच्चौराणां भक्तदायकाः । भाण्डार कोषदाश्चैव सर्वांस्तानपि घातयेत् ।। २२७.

In villages, whoever provides food to thieves, or acts as their storekeeper or treasurer—the king should execute all such persons as well.

राष्ट्रेषु राष्ट्राधिकृतान् सामन्तान् पापिनोहरेत् । सन्धि कृत्वा तु ये चौर्यं रात्रौ कुर्वन्ति कस्तराः ।। २२७.

In his realm, the king should remove corrupt officials and border chiefs; and those who, after making a pact, commit theft at night, being especially wicked.

तेषां च्छित्वा नृपो हस्तौ तीक्ष्णे शूले निवेशयेत् । तड़ागदेवतागारभेदकान् घातयेन्नृपः ।। २२७.

The king should cut off their hands and impale them on a sharp stake; and those who break into temples or shrines, he should execute.

समुत्सृजेद्राजमार्गे यस्त्वमेध्यमनापदि । स हि कार्षापणन्दण्ड्यस्तममेध्यञ्च शोधयेत् ।। २२७.

Whoever discards filth on the royal road without necessity is to be fined a kārṣāpaṇa, and that filth must be cleaned up.

प्रतिमासङ्‌क्रमभिदो दद्युः पञ्चशतानि ते । समैश्च विषमं यो वा चरतेक मूल्यतोऽपि वा ।। २२७.

Those who break images or their pedestals should pay five hundred (coins); and whoever acts fraudulently with weights or measures, or in value, likewise.

समाप्नुयान्नरः पूर्वं दमं मध्यममेव वा । द्रव्यमादाय वणिजामनर्घेणावरुन्दतां ।। २२७.

A man who first receives the due or the middle fine, taking goods from merchants without proper price, should be restrained.

राजा पृथक्‌ पृथक् कुर्य्याद्दण्डमुत्तमसाहसं । द्रव्याणां दूषको यश्च प्रतिच्छन्दकविक्रयी ।। २२७.

The king should separately impose the highest fine for the adulterator of goods and for one who sells under a false name.

मध्यमं प्राप्नुयाद्दण्डं कूटकर्त्ता तथोत्तमं । कलहापकृतं देयं दण्डश्च द्विगुणस्ततः ।। २२७.

The forger should receive the middle fine, and the counterfeiter the highest; for those who cause disputes, the penalty should be double that amount.