278., Such, as give thieves fire, such as give them CHAP. food, such as give them arms and apartments, and 'such as knowingly receive a thing stolen, let the king punish as he would punish a thief. 279. The breaker of a dam to secure a pool, let him punish by long immersion under water, or by keen corporal suffering; or the offender shall repair it, but must pay the highest mulct. 280. Those, who break open the treasury, or the arsenal, or the temple of a deity, and those, who 6 carry off royal elephants, horses, or cars, let him ' without hesitation destroy. 281. He, who shall take away the water of an ancient pool, or shall obstruct a water-course, must ' be condemned to pay the lowest usual amercement. 282. HE, who shall drop his ordure on the king's highway, except in case of necessity, shall pay two panas and immediately remove the filth; 6 283. But a person in urgent necessity, a very old 6 man, a pregnant woman, and a child, only deserve reproof, and shall clean the place themselves: that is a settled rule. 284. ALL physicians and surgeons acting unskilfully in their several professions, must pay for injury to 'brute animals the lowest, but for injury to human creatures the middle, amercement. 285. THE breaker of a foot-bridge, of a publick IX. CHAP. 6 IX. flag, of a palisade, and of idols made of clay, shall repair what he has broken, and pay a mulct of five hundred panas. 286. FOR mixing impure with pure commodities, for piercing fine gems, as diamonds or rubies, and 'for boring pearls or inferiour gems improperly, the fine is the lowest of the three; but damages must always be paid. 287. THE man, who shall deal unjustly with purchasers at a fair price by delivering goods of less value, or shall sell at a high price goods of ordinary value, shall pay, according to circumstances, the low'est or the middle amercement. 288. LET the king place all prisons near a publick 'road, where offenders may be seen wretched or dis figured. 289. HIM, who breaks down a publick wall, him, who fills up a publick ditch, him, who throws down a publick gate, the king shall speedily banish. 290. FOR all sacrifices to destroy innocent men, 'the punishment is a fine of two hundred panas; and ' for machinations with poisonous roots, and for the various charms and witcheries intended to kill, by persons not effecting their purpose. 291. THE seller of bad grain for good, or of good 'seed placed at the top of the bag, to conceal the bad below, and the destroyer of known land-marks, • must 6 must suffer such corporal punishment as will dis- CHAP. figure them; 292. But the most pernicious of all deceivers is ' a goldsmith, who commits frauds: the king shall order him to be cut peacemeal with razors. 293. FOR stealing implements of husbandry, weapons, and prepared medicines, let the king award punishment according to the time and according to 'their use. 294. THE king, and his council, his metropolis, 295. 296. Yet, in a seven-parted kingdom here below, 'there is no supremacy among the several parts, 'from any pre-eminence in useful qualities: but all 'the parts must reciprocally support each other, like the three staves of a holy mendicant : 297. In these and those acts, indeed, this and 'that member may be distinguished; and the member by which any affair is transacted, has the pre' eminence in that particular affair. 298. WHEN the king employs emissaries, when he • let IX. CHAP. let him invariably know both his own strength and that of his enemy, IX. 299. With all their several distresses and vices : let him then begin his operations, having maturely 'considered the greater and less importance of particular acts: 6 300. Let him, though frequently disappointed, re'new his operations, how fatigued soever, again and again; since fortune always attends the man, who, having begun well, strenuously renews his efforts. 301. ALL the ages, called Satya, Trétá, Dwápara, and Cali, depend on the conduct of the king; who is declared in turn to represent each of those ages: 302. Sleeping, he is the Cali age; waking, the Dwápara; exerting himself in action, the Trétá; living virtuously, the Satya. 303. Of INDRA, of SU'RYA, of PAVANA, of YAMA, of VARUNA, of CHANDRA, of AGNI, and of PRIT'HIVì, let the king emulate the power and attributes. 304. AS INDRA sheds plentiful showers during the four rainy months, thus let him, acting like the regent of clouds, rain just gratifications over his kingdom: 305. As SU'RYA with strong rays draws up the water during eight months, thus let him, performing the function of the sun, gradually draw from his realm the legal revenue: 306.' As 306. AS PAVANA, when he moves, pervades all CHAP creatures, thus let him, imitating the regent of wind, pervade all places by his concealed emis 'saries : 307. AS YAMA, at the appointed time, punishes friends and foes, or those who revere, and those who contemn, him, thus let the king, resembling the judge of departed spirits, punish offending subjects: 308. AS VARUNA most assuredly binds the guilty in fatal cords, thus let him, representing the genius ' of water, keep offenders in close confinement : 309. When the people are no less delighted on seeing the king, than on seeing the full moon, he appears in the character of CHANDRA : 310. Against criminals let him ever be ardent in wrath, let him be splendid in glory, let him consume wicked ministers, thus emulating the functions. ' of AGNI, regent of fire. 6 311. AS PRIT'HIVì supports all creatures equally, thus a king, sustaining all subjects, resembles in his office the goddess of earth. 6 312. Engaged in these duties and in others, with continual activity, let the king, above all things • restrain robbers, both in his own territories and in those of other princes, from which they come, or in which they seek refuge. 313. ‹ LET him not, although in the greatest distress IX. |