Manu 2.159
अहिंसया-एव भूतानां कार्यं) श्रेयो ऽअनुशासनम् । वाक् च-एव मधुरा श्लक्ष्णा प्रयोज्या) धर्मम् इच्छता ॥
ahiṃsayā-eva bhūtānāṃ kāryaṃ) śreyo 'anuśāsanam | vāk ca-eva madhurā ślakṣṇā prayojyā) dharmam icchatā ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Created beings must be instructed in (what concerns) their welfare without giving them pain, and sweet and gentle speech must be used by (a teacher) who desires (to abide by) the sacred law.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.