Manu 12.106
आर्षं धर्मौपदेशं च वेदशास्त्रअविरोधिना । यस् तर्केण-अनुसंधत्ते) स धर्मं वेद) न-इतरः ॥
ārṣaṃ dharma.upadeśaṃ ca vedaśāstra.avirodhinā | yas tarkeṇa-anusaṃdhatte) sa dharmaṃ veda) na-itaraḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
He alone, and no other man, knows the sacred law, who explores the (utterances) of the sages and the body of the laws, by (modes of) reasoning, not repugnant to the Veda-lore.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.