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Sanatan Dharma

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Book 3 Chapter XIV Paragraph 5

Wikisource / R. Shamasastry (1915) · Book 3 - Concerning Law / Chapter XIV · Verse Paragraph 5

arthasastraarthashastrakautilyachanakyabook-3

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But Kautilya objects to it; for wages are to be paid for work done, but not for work that is not done. If an employer, having caused his labourer to do a part of work, will not cause him to do the rest for which the latter may certainly be ready, then also the unfinished portion of the work has to be regarded as finished. But owing to consideration of changes that have occurred in time and place or owing to bad workmanship of the labourer, the employer may not be pleased with what has already been turned out by the labourer. Also the workman may, if unrestrained, do more than agreed upon and thereby cause loss to the employer.