Manu 12.90
प्रवृत्तं कर्म संसेव्यं देवानाम् एति) साम्यताम् । निवृत्तं सेवमानस्) तु भूतान्य् अत्येति) पञ्च वै ॥
pravṛttaṃ karma saṃsevyaṃ devānām eti) sāmyatām | nivṛttaṃ sevamānas) tu bhūtāny atyeti) pañca vai ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
He who sedulously performs acts leading to | future births (pravrztta) becomes equal to the gods; but he who is intent on the performance of those causing the cessation (of existence, nivrztta) indeed, passes beyond (the reach of) the five elements.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.