एतद् वो ऽअभिहितं शौचं सपिण्डेषु द्विजोत्तमाः । असपिण्डेषु सर्वेषु प्रेतशुद्धिं निबोधत ॥
etad vo 'abhihitaṃ śaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu dvijottamāḥ | asapiṇḍeṣu sarveṣu pretaśuddhiṃ nibodhata ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Thus the purification (required) on (the death of) Sapi/z^as has been explained to you, O best of twice-born men; hear now the manner in which men are purified on the death of any (relative who is) not a Saprnda.. A Brāhmaṇa, having carried out a dead verse must then be translated ' purity and impurity affect mortals, they are caused and removed by the guardians of the world/
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.