Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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II, 10, 26.
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW.
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PRASNA II, PATALA 10, KHANDA 26.
1. A (king) who, without detriment to his servants, gives land and money to Brâhmanas according to their deserts gains endless worlds.
2. They say (that) a king, who is slain in attempting to recover the property of Brahmanas, (performs) a sacrifice where his body takes the place of the sacrificial post, and at which an unlimited fee is given.
3. Hereby have been declared (the rewards of) other heroes, who fall fighting for a (worthy)
cause.
4. He shall appoint men of the first three castes, who are pure and truthful, over villages and towns for the protection of the people.
5. Their servants shall possess the same qualities. 6. They must protect a town from thieves in every direction to the distance of one yogana.
7. (They must protect the country to the distance of) one krosa from each village.
8. They must be made to repay what is stolen within these (boundaries).
26. 1. Manu VII, 83, 84, 88; Yâgn. I, 314.
2. According to Haradatta the king's body represents the post (yupa), his soul the sacrificial animal, the recovered property the reward for the priests or fee.
3. Manu VII, 89; Yâgn. I, 323, 324.
4. Manu VII, 115-124; Yâgn. I, 321.
6. Yâgn. II, 271-272. A yogana is a distance of 4 krosa, kos. 7. A krosa, kos, or gâu, literally the lowing of a cow,' is variously reckoned at 1-4 miles.
8. Yâgn. I, 272. This law is, with certain modifications, still in force. See Bombay Regulations, XII, 27 par.
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