Manu 4.12
संतोषं परम् आस्थाय) सुखार्थी संयतो भवेत्) । संतोषमूलं हि सुखं दुःखमूलं विपर्ययः ॥
saṃtoṣaṃ param āsthāya) sukhārthī saṃyato bhavet) | saṃtoṣa.mūlaṃ hi sukhaṃ duḥkha.mūlaṃ viparyayaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
He who desires happiness must strive after a perfectly contented disposition and control himself; for happiness has contentment for its root, the root of unhappiness is the contrary (disposition).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.