यदि हि स्त्री न रोचेत) पुमांसं न प्रमोदयेत्) । [नोत् इन् ं] अप्रमोदात् पुनः पुंसः प्रजनं न प्रवर्तते) ॥ [नोत् इन् ं]
yadi hi strī na roceta) pumāṃsaṃ na pramodayet) | [not in ṃ] apramodāt punaḥ puṃsaḥ prajanaṃ na pravartate) || [not in ṃ]
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
For if the wife is not radiant with beauty, she will not attract her husband; but if she has no attractions for him, no children will be born.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.