Steya-doṣa-nirūpaṇa (On the Nature and Gravity of Theft) — within the Hayagrīva–Agastya Saṃvāda frame
बृहस्पतिरुवाच पैष्टिकं तालजं कैरं माधूकं गुडसंभवम् / क्रमान्न्यूनतरं पापं तदर्द्धार्द्धार्द्धतस्तथा
bṛhaspatiruvāca paiṣṭikaṃ tālajaṃ kairaṃ mādhūkaṃ guḍasaṃbhavam / kramānnyūnataraṃ pāpaṃ tadarddhārddhārddhatastathā
Bṛhaspati said: “Āsava made from flour, from the palm, from kaira, from madhūka, and that produced from jaggery (guḍa)—in this order the sin grows progressively less, diminishing by half, and again by half, and again by half.”