अशक्नुवंस् तु शुश्रूषां शूद्रः कर्तुं) द्विजन्मनाम् । पुत्रदारात्ययं प्राप्तो जीवेत्) कारुककर्मभिः ॥
a.śaknuvaṃs tu śuśrūṣāṃ śūdraḥ kartuṃ) dvijanmanām | putra.dārātyayaṃ prāpto jīvet) kāruka.karmabhiḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
But a Śudra, being unable to find service with the twice-born and threatened with the loss of his sons and wife (through hunger), may maintain himself by handicrafts.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.