Manu 2.139
तेषां तु समावेतानां मान्यौ) स्नातकपार्थिवौ । राजस्नातकयोश् च-एव स्नातको नृपमानभाक् ॥
teṣāṃ tu samāvetānāṃ mānyau) snātaka.pārthivau | rāja.snātakayoś ca-eva snātako nṛpamānabhāk ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Among all those, if they meet (at one time), a Snataka and the king must be (most) honoured; and equals may address each other with the words bho^, bhavat, or vayasya, ' friend.' The explanation of the verse, which is substantially the same " in all the commentaries, is based on Gaut/s passage, while Haradatta's interpretation of
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.