OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS. 



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319. Lobhena'sevanat bhinnah tesvardham bhrtini avahet 

 satrutyaktan suguriinah subhrtya palayet nrpah. 



320. Pararastre hrte dadyat bhrtim bhinnavadhim tatha 



dadyat ardham tasya putre striyai padamitam kila. 645 



321. Hrtarajyasya putradau sadgune padasammitam 

 dadyat va tadrajyatastu dvatrriisaihsani prakalpayet. 



322. Hrtarajyasya nicitam kosam bhagartham aharet. 



323. Kausidam va taddhanasya purvoktardham prakalpayet, 

 taddhanam dvigunam yavat na tat turdhvam kada- 650 



cana. 



324. Svamahatvadyotanartham hrtarajyan pradharayet 

 praiimanairyadi sadvrttan durvrttastu prapldayet. 



319. The king should give half pay to those who are gone away 



(and have come back) from greed and disregard ; he 

 should provide excellent persons who have left the 

 enemy, with good pay. 



320. If the kingdom of an enemy has been taken, he should What to 



give him pay from the time of the deposition ; half the f ^n- 0 

 amount he should give to the son. a quarter surely to quished 

 the wife. king - 



321. He should give to the son or other relation of a dethroned 



prince, if he is very good, a fourth part of the income 

 from the kingdom, or he may assign to him the thirty- 

 second part of the kingdom, 



322. He should take for his own share the amassed treasure of 



the dethroned prince. 



323. Or he may fix on the dethroned prince the interest accruing 



from the treasure, i.e., the above mentioned portion (-§V), 

 till the total sum (received by him) is double the 

 amount of the treasure. 



324. He should maintain well the dethroned princes for the 



glory of his own greatness, if they are good with the 

 honors formerly enjoyed by them ; but if bad, he should 

 suppress them. 



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