तपो विद्या च विप्रस्य निःश्रेयसकरं परम् । तपसा किल्बिषं हन्ति) विद्यया-अमृतम् अश्नुते) ॥
tapo vidyā ca viprasya niḥśreyasakaraṃ param | tapasā kilbiṣaṃ hanti) vidyayā-amṛtam aśnute) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Austerity and sacred learning are the best means by which a Brāhmaṇa secures supreme bliss; fyy austerities he destroys guilt, by sacred learning he obtains the cessation of (births and) deaths.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.