Manu 4.71
लोष्ठमर्दी तृणच्छेदी नखखादी च यो नरः । स विनाशं व्रजत्य्) आशु सूचका-अशुचिर् एव च ॥ [म्सूचको ऽअशुचिर् एव च]
loṣṭhamardī tṛṇacchedī nakhakhādī ca yo naraḥ | sa vināśaṃ vrajaty) āśu sūcakā-aśucir eva ca || [M.sūcako 'aśucir eva ca]
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
A man who crushes clods, tears off grass, or bites his nails, goes soon to perdition, likewise an informer and he who neglects (the rules of) purification.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.