A palmist, a merchant who has formerly been a thief, a cunning fowler, a medical man, an enemy, a friend and one who is of bad habits these seven should not be cited as witnesses.
सामुद्रिकं वणिजं चोरपूर्वं शलाकधूर्तं च चिकित्सकं च। अरिं च मित्रं च कुशीलवं च नैतान् साक्ष्ये त्वधिकुर्वीत सप्त॥