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 rules just mentioned and is plainly illustrated in the following rules:

"A Shūdra who has intercourse with an adulteress of a twice-born varna, married or unmarried, shall be punished in the following manner: If she was unmarried he shall lose the part (offending) and all his property. If she was married he shall lose everything, even his life.

"For intercourse with a Brähmani, a Vaishya shall forfeit all his property after imprisonment for a year; a Kshatriya shall be fined one thousand panas, and be shaved with urine."

"If a Vaishya or a Kshatriya has connection with an unmarried Brāhmani adulteress, let him fine the Vaishya five hundred panas and the Kshatriya one thousand."

"But even these two, if they offend with a married Brāhmani adulteress, shall be punished like a Shūdra, or be burnt in the fire of dry grass."

"A Brāhmana who carnally approaches a married Brahmani adulteress against her will shall be fined one thousand panas, but he shall be made to pay five hundred if he had connection with a willing one."

"If a Vaishya approaches a married Kshatriya adulteress, or a Kshatriya a married Vaishya adulteress, they both deserve the same punishment as in the case of an unmarried Brāhmana adulteress."

"A Brāhmana shall be compelled to pay a fine of one thousand panas if he has intercourse with married (females of the two (varnas); for offending a (mar-