Manu 4.117
प्राणि वा यदि वा-अप्राणि यत् किं चित्-श्राद्धिकं भवेत्) । तद् आलभ्य)-अप्य् अनध्यायः पाण्यास्यो हि द्विजः स्मृतः) ॥
prāṇi vā yadi vā-aprāṇi yat kiṃ cit-śrāddhikaṃ bhavet) | tad ālabhya)-apy anadhyāyaḥ pāṇy.āsyo hi dvijaḥ smṛtaḥ) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Be it an animal or a thing inanimate, whatever be the (gift) at a 6raddha, let him not, having just accepted it, recite the Veda; for the hand of a Brāhmaṇa is his mouth.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.