केतितस् तु यथान्यायं हव्ये कव्ये द्विजोत्तमः । कथं चिद् अप्य् अतिक्रामन्) पापः सूकरतां व्रजेत्) ॥
ketitas tu yathānyāyaṃ havye kavye dvijottamaḥ | kathaṃ cid apy atikrāman) pāpaḥ sūkaratāṃ vrajet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
But a Brāhmaṇa who, being duly invited to a rite in honour of the gods or of the manes, in any way breaks (the appointment), becomes guilty (of a crime), and (in his next birth) a hog.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.