ब्राह्मणस्य-एव कर्म-एतद् उपदिष्टं) मनीषिभिः । राजन्यवैश्ययोस् त्व् एवं न-एतत् कर्म विधीयते) ॥
brāhmaṇasya-eva karma-etad upadiṣṭaṃ) manīṣibhiḥ | rājanya.vaiśyayos tv evaṃ na-etat karma vidhīyate) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
This duty is prescribed by the wise for a Brāhmaṇa only; but no such duty is ordained for a Kshatriya and a Vaiśya.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.