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Chapter 12.116 - Verse 21

Sanskrit Text

व्यवहारश्च नगरे यस्य कर्मफलोदयः दृश्यते शङ्खलिखितः धर्मफलभाग्भवेत्

English Translation

That king in whose city justice is administered properly which leads to the fining the plaintiff or the defendant, if his case is untrue, and in which criminal laws are administered after the manner of Shankha and Likhita, acquires the merit of sovereignty.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

व्यवहार + च | नगरे | यस्य | कर्मन् + फल + उदय
दृश्यते | शङ्खलिखितः | स | धर्म + फल + भाज् | भवेत्