परश्रिया ये तप्यंते ये परद्रव्यसूचकाः
Those who are distressed by another's wealth, or who reveal the property of others—
द्विजाय दुःखं यः कुर्यात्प्रकारैर्बहुभिः सदा
Whoever causes suffering to a twice-born by various means, always—
ये पानाभिरताः क्रूरा ये च हिंसाप्रिया नराः
Those who are devoted to drinking, who are cruel, or who delight in violence—
गोष्ठाग्निजलरथ्यासु तरुच्छायामठेषु च
In cow pens, near fire, water, roads, under the shade of trees, or in rest houses—
मद्यपानरता नित्यं गानवाद्यरता नराः 4.5.
Those who are always addicted to drinking liquor, or to singing and playing instruments—
वंशेषु काशकाष्ठैश्च शुभैः शंकुभिरेव वा
With bamboo, reeds, fine wood, or even with sharp stakes—
कूटशासनहर्तारः कूटकर्मक्रियारताः
Those who forge documents, or are devoted to fraudulent deeds—
धनुषां शल्यशस्त्राणां यः कर्ता यश्च विक्रयी
Whoever makes or sells bows, arrows, or weapons—
मिथ्या प्रवदतो वाक्यमाकर्णयति यः शनैः
Whoever quietly listens to the false words spoken by another—
ये भार्यापुत्रमित्राणि बालवृद्धकृशातुरान्
Those who harm wives, sons, friends, children, the elderly, the emaciated, or the sick—
यः स्वयं मिष्टमश्नाति विप्रायान्यत्प्रयच्छति
He who eats the best himself and gives something else to the Brahmin—
नियमान्स्वयमादाय ये त्यजंत्यजितेंद्रियाः
Those who, having taken vows themselves, abandon them with uncontrolled senses—
पीडयंत्यतिभारेण सक्षतान्वाहयंति च
They oppress with excessive burdens and also drive those who are wounded—
ये भग्नक्षतरोगार्तान्स्वगोरूपान्बुभुक्षया 4.5.
Those who, out of hunger, slaughter their own cows that are broken, wounded, diseased, or suffering—
वृषाणां वृषणान्येव पापिष्ठा गालयंति ये
Most sinful are those who castrate the bulls of bulls—
आश्रमं समनुप्राप्तं क्षुत्तृष्णाश्रमपीडितम्
One who, having reached the hermitage, is afflicted by hunger, thirst, and exhaustion—
अनाथं विकलं दीनं बालं वृद्धं कृशातुरम्
The orphan, the disabled, the poor, the child, the old, the emaciated and sick—
अजाविको माहिषिकः सामुद्रो वृषलीपतिः
A shepherd of goats, a buffalo-keeper, a fisherman, and the husband of a low-caste woman—
शिल्पिनः कारुका वैद्या हेमकारा नटा द्विजाः
Artisans, craftsmen, physicians, goldsmiths, actors, and twice-born men—
यश्चोदितमतिक्रम्य स्वेच्छया वा हरेत्करम्
And whoever, disregarding what is prescribed, seizes taxes at will—
उत्कोचकैरधिकृतैस्तस्करैश्च प्रपीड्यते
He who is oppressed by bribe-takers, officials, and thieves—
ये द्विजाः प्रतिगृह्णंति नृपस्यान्यायवर्तिनः
Those twice-born who accept gifts from a king who acts unrighteously—
पारदारिकचौराणां यत्पापं पार्थिवस्य तत्
The sin of adulterers and thieves falls upon the king—
अचौरं चौरवत्पश्येच्चोरं वाऽचौररूपवत् 4.5.
One should regard the innocent as a thief, and the thief as if he were innocent—
घृततैलान्नपानानि मधुमांससुरासवम्
Ghee, oil, food, drink, honey, meat, and spirituous liquor—
तृणं काष्ठं पुष्पपत्रमौषधं कांस्यभाजनम्
Grass, wood, flowers, leaves, herbs, and bronze vessels—
ताम्रं सीसं त्रपुं काचं शंखाद्यं च जलोद्भवम्
Copper, lead, tin, glass, conch, and other things produced from water—
ऊर्णाकार्पासकौशेयभंगपट्टोद्भवानि च
Wool, cotton, silk, hemp, linen, and things produced from them—
एवमादीनि चान्यानि द्रव्याणि विविधानि च
And likewise, there are other various kinds of objects.
यद्वा तद्वा परद्रव्यमपि सर्षपमात्रकम्
Whether it is this or that, even another's property as small as a mustard seed—