यो लोभाद् अधमो जात्या जीवेद्) उत्कृष्टकर्मभिः । तं राजा निर्धनं कृत्वा) क्षिप्रम् एव प्रवासयेत्) ॥
yo lobhād adhamo jātyā jīved) utkṛṣṭa.karmabhiḥ | taṃ rājā nirdhanaṃ kṛtvā) kṣipram eva pravāsayet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
A man of low caste who through covetousness lives by the occupations of a higher one, the king shall deprive of his property and banish.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.