Manu 2.55
पूजितं ह्य् अशनं नित्यं बलम् ऊर्जं च यच्छति) । अपूजितं तु तद् भुक्तम् उभयं नाशयेद्) इदम् ॥
pūjitaṃ hy aśanaṃ nityaṃ balam ūrjaṃ ca yacchati) | a.pūjitaṃ tu tad bhuktam ubhayaṃ nāśayed) idam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Food, that is always worshipped, gives strength and manly vigour; but eaten irreverently, it destroys them both.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.