Manu 3.212
अग्निअभावे तु विप्रस्य पाणाव् एव-उपपादयेत्) । यो ह्य् अग्निः स द्विजो विप्रैर् मन्त्रदर्शिभिर् उच्यते) ॥
agni.abhāve tu viprasya pāṇāv eva-upapādayet) | yo hy agniḥ sa dvijo viprair mantradarśibhir ucyate) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
But if no (sacred) fire (is available), he shall place (the offerings) into the hand of a Brāhmaṇa; for Brāhmaṇas who know the sacred texts declare, What fire is, even such is a Brāhmaṇa.'
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.