y]
by robbers, are [entitled to be] set free; so also is [a slave] who
saves his master's life; also one who [having adopted servitude for a
living,] abandons his claim to maintenance; also one enslaved who pays
off what is due from him.[278]

183. One who, being a religious mendicant, forsakes that condition,
shall be, until death, the monarch's slave. Slavery must be in the
order of the casts, not inversely.[279]

184. Though an apprentice have attained a knowledge of his art,[280]
he shall [nevertheless] remain in his master's house for the
stipulated time, receiving from his master maintenance, and giving up
to him his earnings.[281]

185. The monarch shall erect in the city a mansion and shall settle
therein brahmans learned in the three Vedas, and endow them, giving
them injunction to discharge their duties.[282]

186. They shall diligently practise all observances stipulated
for[283] [in the endowment] which do not interfere with their personal
duties, also whatever other observances the monarch may enjoin.[284]

187. Whoso appropriates what belongs to the community or violates his
engagement [with the community], shall forfeit his property and be
banished the realm.[285]

188. The word of those who [are appointed to] superintend the
affairs[286] of the community must be obeyed by all [the members]: he
who acts in violation thereof shall be amerced in the first [_i. e._
lowest] fine.[287]

189. Those who have come [from other parts] upon the affairs of the
community shall, upon completion of the business, be dismissed by the
monarch, with gifts, with honour, and with hospitable entertainment.

190. An emissary upon the business of the community shall deliver up
whatever he has received [on their account]: if he fail to deliver
voluntarily, he shall be amerced eleven times the value [of what he
withholds].

191. They who have direction of the affairs of the community should be
such as know their duties,[288] are pure minded, and not covetous;
their word for the welfare of the community is to be followed.

192. What has just been enjoined is obligatory in like manner upon
communities of craftsmen, of traders, and of _pashandas._[289]
The monarch should preserve their distinctive character, and make
them respectively adhere to their original callings.[290]

193. If one, after receipt of wages, abandon his work, he shall pay
double the amount; if [he desert] when he has not received [his
wages], he sha