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

270 [S. XIX. 18-XX. 2
VYAVAHĀRAMAYŪKHA [M. p.152 l. 89-p.153 l.25
From the expression dvayoḥ (occurring in Yāj) it follows that even
if one of the two admits adultery there is no certainty As regards slander
Yājñavalkya (II. 289) says :
For uttering a (true) slander about a woman a man should be fined a
hundred paṇas and two hundred if he makes a false accusation ¹ For inter-
course with beasts he should be made to pay one hundred and one who
has intercourse with a distressed woman (even if she be ones own wife)
or a cow should be fined the middling amercement
Also (Yāj II 293)
If a man has intercourse with a woman in an improper part and if one
voids excrement before a male the fine* is twenty four paṇas and the same
(is the fine) for intercourse with a female ascetic ²
'Dīnām means distressed woman, even one's own wife. The mean-
ing is one who voids excrement and the like before a woman.
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Thus ends (the section) on adultery
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Now begins (the section) on duties of husband and wife.
Punishment for the husband s abandoning a wife possessed of good
qualities is thus declared ·³
If a man leaves a wife who is obedient not sharp-tongued skilful,
possessed of virtues and solely devoted to her husband, the king should
place him (on the right track) by means of punishment
Yājñavalkya (I 76) says
He who deserts a wife that carries out his commands, who is diligent,
mother of an excellent son and speaks pleasantly shall be compelled to pay
the third part (of his wealth to her), or if he has no wealth he shall be
compelled to provide maintenance for her ⁴
The same author (Yāj I 77) says with regard to women
Wives should do the bidding of their husbands This is the highest

1. Both the Mit. and Aparārka take strī as meaning maiden here. Nārada (p. 172
   v 34) enumerates the doṣas of maidens as affliction with a chronic or disgusting disease,
   deformity loss of virginity by sexual intercourse, being wicked, having the heart fixed on
   some one else.
2. Nīlakaṇṭha seems to have read puruṣam. But Mit., Aparārka, Par M. and Vīr
   read as in the text.
3. This is Nārada p. 181 v 95
4. This is quoted in Savitribai v Laxmibai 2 Bom. 573 at p. 509 as a mandatory text
   requiring the husband to maintain his wife irrespective of the possession of property
   P 251 (text).