Manu 2.74
ब्रह्मनः प्रणवं कुर्याद्) आदाव् अन्ते च सर्वदा । स्रवत्य्) अन्ॐकृतं पूर्वं परस्ताच् च विशीर्यति) ॥
brahmanaḥ praṇavaṃ kuryād) ādāv ante ca sarvadā | sravaty) an.oṃkṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ parastāc ca viśīryati) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Let him always pronounce the syllable Om at the beginning and at the end of (a lesson in) the Veda; (for) unless the syllable Om precede (the lesson) will slip away (from him), and unless it follow it will fade away.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.