Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    Kātyāyana Smṛti

    Chapter 21

    Kātyāyana

    [uttarābhāsā uttaradoṣā vā]

    aprasiddhaṃ viruddhaṃ yad atyalpam atibhūri ca /

    saṃdigdhāsaṃbhavāvyaktam anyārthaṃ cātidoṣavat // K_173 //

    avyāpakaṃ vyastapadaṃ nigūḍhārthaṃ tathākulam /

    vyākhyāgamyam asāraṃ ca nottaraṃ śasyate budhaiḥ // K_174 //

    yadvyastapadam avyāpi nigūḍhārthaṃ tathākulam /

    vyākhyāgamyam asāraṃ ca nottaraṃ svārthasiddhaye // K_175 //

    cihnākārasahasraṃ tu samayaṃ cāvijānatā /

    bhāṣāntareṇa vā proktam aprasiddhaṃ tad uttaram // K_176 //

    pratidattaṃ mayā bālye pratidattaṃ mayā na hi /

    yad evam āha vijñeyaṃ viruddhaṃ tad ihottaraṃ // K_177 //

    jitaḥ purā mayāyaṃ ca tv arthe 'sminn iti bhāṣitum /

    purā mayāyam iti yat tad ūnaṃ cottaraṃ smṛtam // K_178 //

    gṛhītam iti vācye tu kāryaṃ tena kṛtaṃ mayā /

    purā gṛhītaṃ yad dravyam iti yac cātibhūri tat // K_179 //

    deyaṃ mayeti vaktavye mayādeyam itīdṛśam /

    saṃdigdham uttaraṃ jñeyaṃ vyavahāre budhais tadā // K_180 //

    balābalena caitena sāhasaṃ sthāpitaṃ purā /

    anuktam etan manyante tad anyārtham itīritam // K_181 //

    asmai dattaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ sahasram iti bhāṣite /

    pratidattaṃ tadardhaṃ yat tad ihāvyāpakaṃ smṛtam // K_182 //

    pūrvavādī kriyāṃ yāvat samyaṅ naiva niveśayet /

    mayā gṛhītaṃ pūrvaṃ no tad vyastapadam ucyate // K_183 //

    tatkiṃ tāmarasaṃ kaścid agṛhītaṃ pradāsyati /

    nigūḍhārthaṃ tu tat proktam uttaraṃ vyavahārataḥ // K_184 //

    kiṃ tenaiva sadā deyaṃ mayā deyaṃ bhaved iti /

    etad akulam ity uktam uttaraṃ tadvido viduḥ // K_185 //

    kākasya dantā no santi santītyādi yad uttaram /

    asāram iti tattvena samyaṅ nottaram iṣyate // K_186 //

    prastutād alpam avyaktaṃ nyūnādhikam asaṅgatam /

    avyāpyasāraṃ saṃdigdhaṃ pratipakṣaṃ na laṅghayet // K_187 //

    saṃdigdham anyatprakṛtād atyalpam atibhūri ca /

    pakṣaikadeśavyāpyeva tat tu naivottaraṃ bhavet // K_188 //

    pakṣaikadeśe yat satyam ekadeśe ca kāraṇam /

    mithyā caivaikadeśe ca saṅkarāt tad anuttaram // K_189 //

    na caikasmin vivāde tu kriyā syād vādinor dvayoḥ /

    na cārthasiddhir ubhayor na caikatra kriyādvayam // K_190 //