Manu 2.158
यथा षण्ढो ऽअफलः स्त्रीषु यथा गौर् गवि च-अफला । यथा च-अज्ञे ऽअफलं दानं तथा विप्रो ऽअनृचो ऽअफलः ॥
yathā ṣaṇḍho 'a.phalaḥ strīṣu yathā gaur gavi ca-a.phalā | yathā ca-ajñe 'a.phalaṃ dānaṃ tathā vipro 'an.ṛco 'a.phalaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
As a eunuch is unproductive with women, as a cow with a cow is unprolific, and as a gift made to an ignorant man yields no reward, even so is a Brāhmaṇa useless, who (does) not (know) the Rik&s.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.