Manu 1.20
आद्याद्यस्य गुणं त्व् एषाम् अवाप्नोति) परः परः । यो यो यावतिथश् च-एषां स स तावद् गुणः स्मृतः ॥
ādyādyasya guṇaṃ tv eṣām avāpnoti) paraḥ paraḥ | yo yo yāvatithaś ca-eṣāṃ sa sa tāvad guṇaḥ smṛtaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Among them each succeeding (element) acquires the quality of the preceding one, and whatever place (in the sequence) each of them occupies, even so many qualities it is declared to possess.
Translated by Georg Bühler