Manu 12.73
यथा यथा निषेवन्ते) विषयान् विषयआत्मकाः । तथा तथा कुशलता तेषां तेषु-उपजायते) ॥
yathā yathā niṣevante) viṣayān viṣaya.ātmakāḥ | tathā tathā kuśalatā teṣāṃ teṣu-upajāyate) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
In proportion as sensual men indulge in sensual pleasures, in that same proportion their taste for them grows.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.