Manu 5.106
सर्वेषाम् एव शौचानाम् अर्थशौचं परं स्मृतं । यो ऽअर्थे शुचिर् हि स शुचिर् न मृत्वारिशुचिः शुचिः ॥
sarveṣām eva śaucānām arthaśaucaṃ paraṃ smṛtaṃ | yo 'arthe śucir hi sa śucir na mṛt.vāri.śuciḥ śuciḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Among all modes of purification, purity in (the acquisition of) wealth is declared to be the best; Jff% for he is pure who gains wealth with clean hands, not he who purifies himself with earth and water. fl
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.