ब्राह्मणं भिक्षुकं वा-अपि भोजनार्थम् उपस्थितम् । ब्राह्मणैर् अभ्यनुज्ञातः) शक्तितः प्रतिपूजयेत्) ॥
brāhmaṇaṃ bhikṣukaṃ vā-api bhojanārtham upasthitam | brāhmaṇair abhyanujñātaḥ) śaktitaḥ pratipūjayet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
To a Brāhmaṇa (householder), or to an ascetic who comes for food, he may, with the permission of (his) Brāhmaṇa (guests), show honour according to his ability.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.