Manu 4.191
तस्माद् अविद्वान् बिभियाद्) यस्मात् तस्मात् प्रतिग्रहात् । स्वल्पकेन-अप्य् अविद्वान् हि पङ्के गौर् इव सीदति) ॥
tasmād a.vidvān bibhiyād) yasmāt tasmāt pratigrahāt | svalpakena-apy a.vidvān hi paṅke gaur iva sīdati) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Hence an ignorant (man) should be afraid of accepting any presents; for by reason of a very small (gift) even a fool sinks (into hell) as a cow into a morass.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.