एते चतुर्णां वर्णानाम् आपद्धर्माः प्रकीर्तिताः) । यान् सम्यग् अनुतिष्ठन्तो) व्रजन्ति) परमं गतिम् ॥
ete caturṇāṃ varṇānām āpaddharmāḥ prakīrtitāḥ) | yān samyag anutiṣṭhanto) vrajanti) paramaṃ gatim ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
The duties of the four castes (varṇa) in times of distress have thus been declared, and if they perform them well, they will reach the most blessed state.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.