Arthashastra 3.13.20: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 13, Sutra 20
गृहेजातदायागतलब्धक्रीतानामन्यतमं दासमूनाष्टवर्षं विबन्धुमकामं नीचे कर्मणि विदेशे दासीं वा सगर्भामप्रतिविहितगर्भभर्मण्यां विक्रयाधानं नयतः पूर्वः साहसदण्डः क्रेतृश्रोतृऋणां च ॥
gṛhejātadāyāgatalabdhakrītānām anyatamaṃ dāsam ūnāṣṭavarṣaṃ vibandhum akāmaṃ nīce karmaṇi videśe dāsīṃ vā sagarbhām aprativihitagarbhabharmaṇyāṃ vikrayādhānaṃ nayataḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ kretṛśrotṛṛṇāṃ ca
家生れ、相続、取得、または購入された者の中から、八歳未満、親族の支援がなく、非自発的で、卑しい仕事に割り当てられ、あるいは外国に連れ出されたダーサを、販売または質入れのために引き取る者、または妊娠中のダーシーを、その妊娠の維持のための保障なく販売または質入れする者には、第一番目のサーハサ罰、すなわち最も軽い罰が科される。また、買い手、仲介者、および債権者も責任を負う。
FAQs
To block exploitative markets by banning or penalizing transactions involving vulnerable bonded persons and by imposing joint liability on all counterparties.
To deter collusion and reduce enforcement evasion by distributing legal risk across the entire transaction chain.
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