In the corresponding slokas of Manu, ten Palas are said to be equivalent to one Dharaṇa. We can only reconcile this by supposing Manu to refer to a gold Pala and Yájnavalkya to a silver Pala.
[40] The Commentator remarks, that this includes every kind of corporal punishment.
[41] Manu, ch. 8, sl. 129, 130.
[42] ibid, sl. 126, also ch. 7, sl. 16. In the last passage, Sir Wm. Jones has added to the term, strength, his own; this we consider to be an error, at any rate it is not a mere translation, and we have applied the term used, viz. strength simpliciter, differently.
THE SECOND BOOK
LAW AND JUDICATURE.
1. Let the monarch,[43] free from anger or thought of gain, in conjunction with learned bráhmaṇs, adjudicate law-suits, according to the Dharma Śástras.
2. He shall appoint judges perfect in the Vedas and in science,[44] versed in the Dharma Śástras, such as speak truth and bear themselves alike to friend and foe.