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    Viṣṇu Smṛti

    Chapter 52

    Viṣṇu

    Vi_52

    suvarṇasteyakṛd rājñe karmācakṣāṇo musalam arpayet // Vi_52.1 //

    vadhāt tyāgād vā prayato bhavati // Vi_52.2 //

    mahāvrataṃ dvādaśābdāni vā kuryāt // Vi_52.3 //

    nikṣepāpahārī ca // Vi_52.4 //

    dhānyadhanāpahārī ca kṛcchram abdam // Vi_52.5 //

    manuṣyastrīkūpakṣetravāpīnām apahāre cāndrāyaṇam // Vi_52.6 //

    dravyāṇām alpasārāṇāṃ sāṃtapanam // Vi_52.7 //

    bhakṣyabhojyayānaśayyāsanapuṣpamūlaphalānāṃ pañcagavyapānam // Vi_52.8 //

    tṛṇakāṣṭhadrumaśuṣkānnaguḍavastracarmāmiṣāṇāṃ trirātram upavaset // Vi_52.9 //

    maṇimuktāpravālatāmrarajatāyaḥkāṃsyānāṃ dvādaśāhaṃ kaṇān aśnīyāt // Vi_52.10 //

    kārpāsakīṭajorṇādyapaharaṇe trirātraṃ payasā varteta // Vi_52.11 //

    dviśaphaikaśaphāpaharaṇe dvirātram upavaset // Vi_52.12 //

    pakṣigandhauṣadhirajjuvaidalānām apaharaṇe dinam upavaset // Vi_52.13 //

    dattvaivāpahṛtaṃ dravyaṃ dhanikasyāpy upāyataḥ /

    prāyaścittaṃ tataḥ kuryāt kalmaṣasyāpanuttaye || Vi_52.14 ||

    yad yat parebhyas tv ādadyāt puruṣas tu niraṅkuśaḥ /

    tena tena vihīnaḥ syād yatra yatrābhijāyate || Vi_52.15 ||

    jīvitaṃ dharmakāmau ca dhane yasmāt pratiṣṭhitau /

    tasmāt sarvaprayatnena dhanahiṃsāṃ vivarjayet || Vi_52.16 ||

    prāṇihiṃsāparo yas tu dhanahiṃsāparas tathā /

    mahad duḥkham avāpnoti dhanahiṃsāparas tayoḥ || Vi_52.17 ||