Chapter 26

rājājñayā samāhūya yathānyāyaṃ vicārayet |
lekhyācāreṇa likhitaṃ sākṣyācāreṇa sākṣiṇaḥ || 1 [266] ||
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varṇavākyakriyāyuktaṃ asaṃdigdhaṃ sphuṭākṣaram |
ahīnakramacihnaṃ ca lekhyaṃ tatsiddhiṃ āpnuyāt || 2 [267] ||
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deśācārayutaṃ varṣaṃ āsapakṣādivṛddhimat |
ṛṇisākṣilekhakānāṃ hastāṅgaṃ lekhyaṃ ucyate || 3 [268] ||
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sthānabhraṣṭāstvapaṅktisthāḥ saṃdigdhā lakṣaṇacyutāḥ |
yadā tu saṃsthitā varṇāḥ kūṭalekhyaṃ tadā bhavet || 4 [269] ||
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deśācāraviruddhaṃ yatsaṃdigdhaṃ kramavarjitam |
kṛtaṃ asvāminā yacca sādhyahīnaṃ ca duṣyati || 5 [270] ||
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mattenopādhibhītena tathonmattena pīḍitaiḥ |
strībhirbālāsvatantraiśca kṛtaṃ lekhyaṃ na sidhyati || 6 [271] ||
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khyāpitaṃ ceddvitīye'hni na kaścidvinivartayet |
tathā tatsyātpramāṇaṃ tu mattonmattakṛtādṛte || 7 [272] ||
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sākṣidoṣādbhavedduṣṭaṃ patraṃ vai lekhakasya vā |
dhanikasyopadhādoṣāttathā dhāraṇikasya vā || 8 [273] ||
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duṣṭairduṣṭaṃ bhavellekhyaṃ śuddhaṃ śuddhairvinirdiśet |
tatpatraṃ upadhāduṣṭaiḥ sākṣilekhakakārakaiḥ || 9 [274] ||
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pramāṇasya hi ye doṣā vaktavyāste vivādinā |
gūḍhāstu prakaṭāḥ sabhyaiḥ kāle śāstrapradarśanāt || 10 [275] ||
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sākṣilekhakakartāraḥ kūṭatāṃ yānti te yathā |
tathā doṣāḥ prayoktavyā duṣṭairlekhyaṃ praduṣyāta || 11 [276] ||
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na lekhakena likhitaṃ na dṛṣṭaṃ sākṣibhistathā |
evaṃ pratyarthinokte tu kūṭalekhyaṃ prakīrtitam || 12 [277] ||
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nātathyena pramāṇaṃ tu doṣeṇaiva tu dūṣayet |
mithyābhiyoge daṇḍyaḥ syātsādhyārthāccāpi hīyate || 13 [278] ||
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evaṃ duṣṭaṃ nṛpasthāne yasmiṃstaddhi vicāryate |
vimṛśya brāhmaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ patradoṣānnirūpayet || 14 [279] ||
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yena te kūṭatāṃ yānti sākṣilekhakakārakāḥ |
tena duṣṭaṃ bhavellekhyaṃ śuddhaiḥ śuddhiṃ vinirdiśet || 15 [280] ||
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dhanikena svahastena likhitaṃ sākṣivarjitam |
bhavetkūṭaṃ na cetkartā kṛtaṃ hīti vibhāvayet || 16 [281] ||
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dattaṃ lekhye svahastaṃ tu ṛṇiko yadi nihnate |
patrasthaiḥ sākṣibhirvācyo lekhakasya matena vā || 17 [282] ||
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kṛtākṛtavivādeṣu sākṣibhiḥ patranirṇayaḥ |
dūṣite patrake vādī tadārūḍhāṃstu nirdiśet || 18 [283] ||
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trividhasyāpi lekhyasya bhrāntiḥ sañjāyate nṛṇām |
ṛṇisākṣilekhakānāṃ hastoktyā sādhayettataḥ || 19 [284] ||
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atha pañcatvaṃ āpanno lekhakaḥ saha sākṣibhiḥ |
tatsvahastādibhisteṣāṃ viśudhyettu na saṃśayaḥ || 20 [285] ||
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ṛṇisvahastasaṃdehe jīvato vā mṛtasya vā |
tatsvahastakṛtairanyaiḥ patraistallekhyanirṇayaḥ || 21 [286] ||
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samudre'pi lekhye mṛtāḥ sarve'pi te sthitāḥ |
likhitaṃ tatpramāṇaṃ tu mṛteṣvapi hi teṣu ca || 22 [287] ||
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pratyakṣaṃ anumānena na kadācitprabādhyate |
tasmāllekhyasya duṣṭasya vacobhiḥ sākṣiṇāṃ bhavet || 23 [288] ||
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nirṇayaḥ svadhanārthaṃ hi patraṃ dūṣayati svayam |
likhitaṃ likhitenaiva sākṣimatsākṣibhirharet || 24 [289] ||
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kūṭoktau sākṣiṇāṃ vākyāllekhakasya ca patrakam |
nayecchuddhiṃ na yaḥ kūṭaṃ sa dāpyo damaṃ uttamam || 25 [290] ||
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āḍhyasya nikaṭasthasya yacchaktena na yācitam |
śuddharṇaśaṅkayā tattu lekhyaṃ durbalatāṃ iyāt || 26 [291] ||
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lekhyaṃ triṃśatsamātītaṃ adṛṣṭāśrāvitaṃ ca yat |
na tatsiddhiṃ avāpnoti tiṣṭhatsvapi hi sākṣiṣu || 27 [292] ||
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prayukte śāntalābhe tu likhitaṃ yo na darśayet |
naiva yāceta ṛṇikaṃ na tatsiddhiṃ avāpnuyāt || 28 [293] ||
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paścātkāranibaddhaṃ yattadyatnena vicārayet |
yadi syādyuktiyuktaṃ tu pramāṇaṃ likhitaṃ tadā || 29 [294] ||
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anyathā dūrataḥ kāryaṃ punareva vinirṇayet |
atathyaṃ tathyabhāvena sthāpitaṃ jñānavibhramāt |
nivartyaṃ tatpramāṇaṃ syādyatnenāpi kṛtaṃ nṛpaiḥ || 30 [295] ||
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mudrāśuddhaṃ kriyāśuddhaṃ bhuktiśuddhaṃ sacihnakam |
rājñaḥ svahastasaṃśuddhaṃ śuddhiṃ āyāti śāsanam || 31 [296] ||
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nirdoṣaṃ prathitaṃ yattu lekhyaṃ tatsiddhiṃ āpnuyāt || 32 [297] ||
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dṛṣṭe patre sphuṭāndoṣānnoktavānṛṇiko yadi |
tato viṃśativarṣāṇi sthitaṃ patraṃ sthiraṃ bhavet || 33 [298] ||
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śaktasya saṃnidhāvarthe yena lekhyena bhujyate |
varṣāṇi viṃśatiṃ yāvattatpatraṃ doṣavarjitam || 34 [299] ||
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atha viṃśativarṣāṇi ādhirbhuktaḥ suniścitam |
tena lekhyena tatsiddhirlekhyadoṣavivarjitā || 35 [300] ||
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sīmāvivāde nirṇīte sīmāpatraṃ vidhīyate |
tasya doṣāḥ pravaktavyā yāvadvarṣāṇi viṃśatiḥ || 36 [301] ||
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ādhānasahitaṃ yatra ṛṇaṃ lekhye niveśitam |
mṛtasākṣi pramāṇaṃ tu svalpabhogeṣu tadviduḥ || 37 [302] ||
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prāptaṃ vānena cetkiñciddānaṃ cāpyanirūpitam |
vināpi mudrayā lekhyaṃ pramāṇaṃ mṛtasākṣikam || 38 [303] ||
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yadi labdhaṃ bhavetkiñcitprajñaptirvā kṛtā bhavet |
pramāṇaṃ eva likhitaṃ mṛtā yadyapi sākṣiṇaḥ || 39 [304] ||
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darśitaṃ pratikālaṃ yadgrāhitaṃ smāritaṃ tathā |
lekhyaṃ sidhyati sarvatra mṛteṣvapi ca sākṣiṣu || 40 [305] ||
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na divyaiḥ sākṣibhirvāpi hīyate likhitaṃ kvacit |
lekhyadharmaḥ sadā śreṣṭho hyato nānyena hīyate || 41 [306] ||
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tadyuktapratilekhyena tadviśiṣṭena vā sadā |
lekhyakriyā nirasyeta nirasyānyena na kvacit || 42 [307] ||
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darpaṇasthaṃ yathā bimbaṃ asatsadiva dṛśyate |
tathā lekhyasya bimbāni kurvanti kuśalā janāḥ || 43 [308] ||
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dravyaṃ gṛhītvā yallekhyaṃ parasmai saṃpradīyate |
channaṃ anyena cārūḍhaṃ saṃyataṃ cānyaveśmani || 44 [309] ||
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datte vṛtte'tha vā dravye kvacillikhitapūrvake |
eṣa eva vidhirjñeyo lekhyaśuddhivinirṇaye || 45 [310] ||
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sthāvare vikrayādhāne lekhyaṃ kūṭaṃ karoti yaḥ |
sa samyagbhāvitaḥ kāryo jihvāpāṇyaṅghrivarjitaḥ || 46 [311] ||
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malairyadbheditaṃ dagdhaṃ chidritaṃ vītaṃ eva vā |
tadanyatkārayellekhyaṃ svedenollikhitaṃ tathā || 47 [312] ||
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