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9.241. For (such) offences the middlemost amercement shall be inflicted on a Brahmana, or he may be banished
from the realm, keeping his money and his chattels.
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9.242. But (men of) other (castes), who have unintentionally committed such crimes, ought to be deprived of
their whole property; if (they committed them) intentionally, they shall be banished.
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9.243. A virtuous king must not take for himself the property of a man guilty of mortal sin; but if he takes it out
of greed, he is tainted by that guilt (of the offender).
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9.244. Having thrown such a fine into the water, let him offer it to Varuna, or let him bestow it on a learned and
virtuous Brahmana.
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9.245. Varuna is the lord of punishment, for he holds the sceptre even over kings; a Brahmana who has learnt
the whole Veda is the lord of the whole world.
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9.246. In that (country), where the king avoids taking the property of (mortal) sinners, men are born in (due)
time (and are) long-lived,
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9.247. And the crops of the husbandmen spring up, each as it was sown, and the children die not, and no
misshaped (offspring) is born.
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9.248. But the king shall inflict on a base-born (Sudra), who intentionally gives pain to Brahmanas, various
(kinds of) corporal punishment which cause terror.
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9.249. When a king punishes an innocent (man), his guilt is considered as great as when he sets free a guilty
man; but (he acquires) merit when he punishes (justly).
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9.250. Thus the (manner of) deciding suits (falling) under the eighteen titles, between two litigant parties, has
been declared at length.
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9.251. A king who thus duly fulfils his duties in accordance with justice, may seek to gain countries which he
has not yet gained, and shall duly protect them when he has gained them.