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8.405. Carts (laden) with vessels full (of merchandise) shall be made to pay toll at a ferry according to the value
(of the goods), empty vessels and men without luggage some trifle.
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8.406. For a long passage the boat-hire must be proportioned to the places and times; know that this (rule refers)
to (passages along) the banks of rivers; at sea there is no settled (freight).
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8.407. But a woman who has been pregnant two months or more, an ascetic, a hermit in the forest, and
Brahmanas who are students of the Veda, shall not be made to pay toll at a ferry.
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8.408. Whatever may be damaged in a boat by the fault of the boatmen, that shall be made good by the boatmen
collectively, (each paying) his share.
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8.409. This decision in suits (brought) by passengers (holds good only) in case the boatmen are culpably
negligent on the water; in the case of (an accident) caused by (the will of) the gods, no fine can be (inflicted on
them).
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8.410. (The king) should order a Vaisya to trade, to lend money, to cultivate the land, or to tend cattle, and a
Sudra to serve the twice-born castes
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8.411. (Some wealthy) Brahmana shall compassionately support both a Kshatriya and a Vaisya, if they are
distressed for a livelihood, employing them on work (which is suitable for) their (castes).
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8.412. But a Brahmana who, because he is powerful, out of greed makes initiated (men of the) twice-born
(castes) against their will do the work of slaves, shall be fined by the king six hundred (panas).
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8.413. But a Sudra, whether bought or unbought, he may compel to do servile work; for he was created by the
Self-existent (Svayambhu) to be the slave of a Brahmana.
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8.414. A Sudra, though emancipated by his master, is not released from servitude; since that is innate in him,
who can set him free from it?