व्यवहारमयूख (नीलकण्ठ भट्ट - पश्चिमी भारत की हिन्दू न्याय-संहिता एवं व्यवहार कोष)

218 । VYAVAHĀRAMAYŪKHA [ S. X. 6-10 / M. p. 126 l. 25-p. 127 l. 12 ]
slavery and shall get a son's share (out of his master's wealth)¹ ।
Yājñavalkya (II 183) says:
He who falls from asceticism becomes the king's slave for life.²
Nārada (pp. 136-137 vv 31-34) says
One maintained in a famine is released from bondage if he gives a pair
of oxen. A slave who is pledged becomes free (from pledgee's slavery)
when his master redeems him by paying off the debt. A debtor is freed
from slavery by paying his debt with interest. One who approaches say-
ing 'I am thine', one made a prisoner in war and one won in a wager-
these are released on giving a substitute who will do some work.³ A slave
for a stipulated period gets release on the expiry of the time fixed. *The
slave for maintenance is released at once from the moment the master ceases
to give him food. One enslaved on account of (connection with) a female
slave is released on parting from her.
Pratiśīrṣaḥ means a substitute. 'Vaḍavā' means a female slave.
Yājñavalkya (II 182) says
One who is forcibly made a slave and who is sold as a slave by robbers
is released (by the king if the master does not release him).⁴
Nārada (p. 138 v 40) says
If one who is not free offers himself as a slave (to another) saying
'I am thine' the slave would not secure his desire, but the former
master can recover him.
Asvatantraḥ means the slave of another. In this section the
masculine gender of the word 'dāsa' being not intended (to be strictly
taken), it should be understood that all these rules apply to a female slave
also. Kātyāyana states a reason for enfranchising a female slave
He, who has intercourse with his female slave who bears issue to him in
consequence, should make her together with her offspring free from slavery
having regard to the seed.
Bījam means child; the meaning is considering the fact of the
child being of good qualities.⁵ Nārada (p. 133 vv 42-43) says

1. One born at his master's house—means born from a female slave of the master.
   He is otherwise called garbhadasa. Bhaktadāsaḥ means one who says "I shall be your
   slave till I shall pay off the price of the food I have eaten" or one who says "I shall be
   your slave as long as you give me food." Who saves his master &c. — The Mit. on Yāj. II
   182 says when he saves his master attacked by robbers or a tiger. One enslaved......
   female slave—means one who being in love with a female slave marries her and enters
   the household as a slave.
2. That is, he could not be a free man by the favour of his master or by imperilling his
   life for saving his master.
3. The reading tulyakarmaṇā is much better. It means a substitute who is able
   to do as much work as these slaves.
4. Compare Nār. p. 137 v 38.
5. Vide notes to V M. p 390 for other explanations
   P. 210 (text)