Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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8.121. (He who does it) through lust, (shall pay) ten times the lowest amercement, but (he who does it) through
wrath, three times the next (or second amercement); (he who does it) through ignorance, two full hundreds, but
(he who does it) through childishness, one hundred (panas).
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8.122. They declare that the wise have prescribed these fines for perjury, in order to prevent a failure of justice,
and in order to restrain injustice.
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8.123. But a just king shall fine and banish (men of) the three (lower) castes (varna) who have given false
evidence, but a Brahmana he shall (only) banish.
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8.124. Manu, the son of the Self-existent (Svayambhu), has named ten places on which punishment may be
(made to fall) in the cases of the three (lower) castes (varna); but a Brahmana shall depart unhurt (from the
country).
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8.125. (These are) the organ, the belly, the tongue, the two hands, and fifthly the two feet, the eye, the nose, the
two ears, likewise the (whole) body.
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8.126. Let the (king), having fully ascertained the motive, the time and place (of the offence), and having
considered the ability (of the criminal to suffer) and the (nature of the) crime, cause punishment to fall on those
who deserve it.
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8.127. Unjust punishment destroys reputation among men, and fame (after death), and causes even in the next
world the loss of heaven; let him, therefore, beware of (inflicting) it.
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8.128. A king who punishes those who do not deserve it, and punishes not those who deserve it, brings great
infamy on himself and (after death) sinks into hell.
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8.129. Let him punish first by (gentle) admonition, afterwards by (harsh) reproof, thirdly by a fine, after that by
corporal chastisement.
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8.130. But when he cannot restrain such (offenders) even by corporal punishment, then let him apply to them
even all the four (modes cojointly).