Manu 2.49
भवत्पूर्वं चरेद्) भैक्षम् उपनीतो द्विजोत्तमः । भवन्मध्यं तु राजन्यो वैश्यस् तु भवदुत्तरम् ।
bhavat.pūrvaṃ cared) bhaikṣam upanīto dvijottamaḥ | bhavan.madhyaṃ tu rājanyo vaiśyas tu bhavad.uttaram |
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
An initiated Brāhmaṇa should beg, beginning (his request with the word) lady (bhavati); a Kshatriya, placing (the word) lady in the middle, but a Vaiśya, placing it at the end (of the formula).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.