Manu 4.173
यदि न-आत्मनि पुत्रेषु न चेत् पुत्रेषु नप्तृषु । न त्व् एव तु कृतो ऽअधर्मः कर्तुर् भवति) निष्फलः ॥ [म्कृतो धर्मः?]
yadi na-ātmani putreṣu na cet putreṣu naptṛṣu | na tv eva tu kṛto 'adharmaḥ kartur bhavati) niṣ.phalaḥ || [M.kṛto dharmaḥ?]
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
If (the punishment falls) not on (the offender) himself, (it falls) on his sons, if not on the sons, (at least) on his grandsons; but an iniquity (once) committed, never fails to produce fruit to him who wrought it.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.