Manu 2.2
कामात्मता न प्रशस्ता न च-एव-इह-अस्त्य् अकामता । काम्यो हि वेदाधिगमः कर्मयोगश् च वैदिकः ॥
kāmātmatā na praśastā na ca-eva-iha-asty akāmatā | kāmyo hi vedādhigamaḥ karmayogaś ca vaidikaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
To act solely from a desire for rewards is not laudable, yet an exemption from that desire is not (to be found) in this (world): for on (that) desire is grounded the study of the Veda and the performance of the actions, prescribed by the Veda.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.