उभाभ्याम् अप्य् अजीवंस् तु कथं स्याद्) इति चेद् भवेत्) । कृषिगोरक्षम् आस्थाय) जीवेद्) वैश्यस्य जीविकाम् ॥
ubhābhyām apy a.jīvaṃs tu kathaṃ syād) iti ced bhavet) | kṛṣi.gorakṣam āsthāya) jīved) vaiśyasya jīvikām ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
If it be asked, ' How shall it be, if he cannot maintain himself by either (of these occupations?' the answer is), he may adopt a Vaiśya's mode of life, employing himself in agriculture and rearing cattle.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.