कच्चिदार्योऽपि शुद्धात्मा क्षारितश्चापकर्मणा। अदृष्टः शास्त्रकुशलैर्न लोभाद् बध्यते शुचिः॥
kaccidāryo'pi śuddhātmā kṣāritaścāpakarmaṇā| adṛṣṭaḥ śāstrakuśalairna lobhād badhyate śuciḥ||
English Meaning
If any respectable, pure-spirited and clean person happen to be accused by some one of theft or other crimes, do you from covetousness punish him without first having him tried by persons versed in scripture?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)