Chapter 29

na kālaharaṇaṃ kāryaṃ rājñā sākṣiprabhāṣaṇe |
mahāndoṣo bhavetkālāddharmavyāvṛttilakṣaṇaḥ || 1 [339] ||
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upasthitānparīkṣeta sākṣiṇo nṛpatiḥ svayam |
sākṣibhirbhāṣitaṃ vākyaṃ sabhyaiḥ saha parīkṣayet || 2 [340] ||
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samyakkriyāparijñāne deyaḥ kālastu sākṣiṇām |
saṃdigdhaṃ yatra sākṣyaṃ syātsadyaḥ spaṣṭaṃ vivādayet || 3 [341] ||
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sabhāntaḥ sākṣiṇaḥ sarvānarthipratyarthisaṃnidhau |
prāṅvivāko niyuñjīta vidhinānena sāntvayan || 4 [342] ||
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yaddvayoranayorvettha kārye'smiṃśceṣṭitaṃ mithaḥ |
tadbrūta sarvaṃ satyena yuṣmākaṃ hyatra sākṣitā || 5 [343] ||
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devabrāhmanasānnidhye sākṣyaṃ pṛcchedṛtaṃ dvijān |
udaṅmukhānprāṅmukhānvā pūrvāhṇe vai śuciḥ śucīn || 6 [344] ||
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āhūya sākṣiṇaḥ pṛcchenniyamya śapathairbhṛśam |
samastānviditācārānvijñātārthānpṛthakpṛthak || 7 [345] ||
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arthipratyarthisāṃnidhyādanubhūtaṃ tu yadbhavet |
tadgrāhyaṃ sākṣiṇo vākyaṃ anyathā na bṛhaspatiḥ || 8 [346] ||
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prakhyātakulaśīlāśca lobhamohavivarjitāḥ |
āptāḥ śuddhā viśiṣṭā ye teṣāṃ sākṣyaṃ asaṃśayam || 9 [347] ||
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vibhāvyo vādinā yādṛksadṛśaireva bhāvayet |
notkṛṣṭaścāvakṛṣṭastu sākṣibhirbhāvayetsadā || 10 [348] ||
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liṅginaḥ śreṇipūgāśca vaṇigvrātāstathāpare |
samūhasthāśca ye cānye vargāstānabravīdbhṛguḥ || 11 [349] ||
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dāsacāraṇamallānāṃ hastyaśvāyudhajīvinām |
pratyekaikaṃ samūhānāṃ nāyakā vargiṇastathā |
teṣāṃ vādaḥ svavargeṣu vargiṇasteṣu sākṣiṇaḥ || 12 [350] ||
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strīṇāṃ sākṣyaṃ striyaḥ kuryurdvijānāṃ sadṛśā dvijāḥ |
śūdrāśca santaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ antyānāṃ antyayonayaḥ || 13 [351] ||
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aśakya āgamo yatra videśaprativāsinām |
traividyaprahitaṃ tatra lekhyasākṣyaṃ pravādayet || 14 [352] ||
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abhyantarastu nikṣepe sākṣyaṃ eko'pi vācyate |
arthinā prahitaḥ sākṣī bhavatyeko'pi dūtakaḥ || 15 [353] ||
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saṃskṛtaṃ yena yatpaṇyaṃ tattenaiva vibhāvayet |
eka eva pramāṇaṃ sa vivāde tatra kīrtitaḥ || 16 [354] ||
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lekhakaḥ prāṅvivākaśca sabhyāścaivānupūrvaśaḥ |
nṛpe paśyati yatkāryaṃ sākṣiṇaḥ samudāhṛtāḥ || 17 [355] ||
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anye punaranirdiṣṭāḥ sākṣiṇaḥ samudāhṛtāḥ |
grāmaśca prāṅvivākaśca rājā ca vyavahāriṇām || 18 [356] ||
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kāryeṣvabhyantaro yaśca arthinā prahitaśca yaḥ |
kulyāḥ kulavivādeṣu bhaveyuste'pi sākṣiṇaḥ || 19 [357] ||
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rikthabhāgavivāde tu saṃdehe samupasthite |
kulyānāṃ vacanaṃ tatra pramāṇaṃ tadviparyaye || 20 [358] ||
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sākṣiṇāṃ likhitānāṃ tu nirdiṣṭānāṃ ca vādinā |
teṣāṃ eko'nyathāvādī bhedātsarve na sākṣiṇaḥ || 21 [359] ||
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anyena hi kṛtaḥ sākṣī naivānyastaṃ vivādayet |
tadabhāve niyukto vā bāndhavo vā vivādayet || 22 [360] ||
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tadvṛttijīvino ye ca tatsevāhitakāriṇaḥ |
tadbandhusuhṛdo bhṛtyā āptāste tu na sākṣiṇaḥ || 23 [361] ||
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mātṛṣvasṛsutāścaiva sodaryāsutamātulāḥ |
ete sanābhayastūktāḥ sākṣyaṃ teṣu na yojayet || 24 [362] ||
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kulyāḥ saṃbandhinaścaiva vivāhyo bhaginīpatiḥ |
pitā bandhuḥ pitṛvyaśca śvaśuro guravastathā || 25 [363] ||
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nagaragrāmadeśeṣu niyuktā ye padeṣu ca |
vallabhāśca na pṛccheyurbhaktāste rājapūruṣāḥ || 26 [364] ||
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ṛṇādiṣu parīkṣeta sākṣiṇaḥ sthirakarmasu |
sāhasātyayike caiva parīkṣā kutracitsmṛtā || 27 [365] ||
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vyāghāteṣu nṛpājñāyāḥ saṃgrahe sāhaseṣu ca |
steyapāruṣyayoścaiva na parīkṣeta sākṣiṇaḥ || 28 [366] ||
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antarveśmani rātrau ca bahirgrāmācca yadbhavet |
eteṣvevābhiyogaścenna parīkṣeta sākṣiṇaḥ || 29 [367] ||
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na sākṣyaṃ sākṣibhirvācyaṃ apṛṣṭairarthinā sadā |
na sākṣyaṃ teṣu vidyeta svayaṃ ātmani yojayet || 30 [368] ||
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lekhyārūḍhaścottaraśca sākṣī mārgadvayānvitaḥ || 31 [369] ||
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atha svahastenārūḍhastiṣṭhaṃścaikaḥ sa eva tu |
na cetpratyabhijānīyāttatsvahastaiḥ prasādhayet || 32 [370] ||
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arthinā svayaṃ ānīto yo lekhye saṃniveśyate |
sa sākṣī likhito nāma smāritaḥ patrakādṛte || 33 [371] ||
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yastu kāryaprasiddhyarthaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāryaṃ punaḥ punaḥ |
smāryate hyarthinā sākṣī sa smārita ihocyate || 34 [372] ||
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prayojanārthaṃ ānītaḥ prasaṅgādāgataśca yaḥ |
dvau sākṣiṇau tvalikhitau pūrvapakṣasya sādhakau || 35 [373] ||
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arthinā svārthasiddyarthaṃ pratyarthivacanaṃ sphuṭam |
yaḥ śrāvitaḥ sthito gūḍho gūḍhasākṣī sa ucyate || 36 [374] ||
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sākṣiṇāṃ api yaḥ sākṣyaṃ uparyupari bhāṣate |
śravaṇācchrāvaṇādvāpi sa sākṣyuttarasaṃjñitaḥ || 37 [375] ||
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ullapyaṃ yasya viśrambhātkāryaṃ vā viniveditam |
gūḍhacārī sa vijñeyaḥ kāryaṃ adhyagatastathā || 38 [376] ||
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arthī yatra vipannaḥ syāttatra sākṣī mṛtāntaraḥ |
pratyarthī ca mṛto yatra tatrāpyevaṃ prakalpyate || 39 [377] ||
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