Manu 4.70
न मृत्लोष्ठं च मृद्नीयान्) न छिन्द्यात्) करजैस् तृणम् ।[म्च्छिन्द्यात्] न कर्म निष्फलं कुर्यान्) न-आयत्याम् असुखौदयम् ॥
na mṛt.loṣṭhaṃ ca mṛdnīyān) na chindyāt) karajais tṛṇam |[M.cchindyāt] na karma niṣphalaṃ kuryān) na-āyatyām a.sukha.udayam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Let him not crush earth or clods, nor tear off grass with his nails; let him not do anything that is useless or will have disagreeable results in the future.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.