शूद्रस् तु वृत्तिम् आकाङ्क्षन्) क्षत्रम् आराधयेद्) यदि । [माराधयेद् इति ] धनिनं वा-अप्य् उपाराध्य) वैश्यं शूद्रो जिजीविषेत्) ॥
śūdras tu vṛttim ākāṅkṣan) kṣatram ārādhayed) yadi | [M.ārādhayed iti ] dhaninaṃ vā-apy upārādhya) vaiśyaṃ śūdro jijīviṣet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
If a 6udra, (unable to subsist by serving Brāhmaṇas,) seeks a livelihood, he may serve Kshatriyas, or he may also seek to maintain himself by attending on a wealthy Vaiśya.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.