गृहे गुराव् अरण्ये वा निवसन्न् आत्मवान् द्विजः । न-अवेदविहितां हिंसाम् आपद्य् अपि समाचरेत् ॥
gṛhe gurāv araṇye vā nivasann ātmavān dvijaḥ | na-a.vedavihitāṃ hiṃsām āpady api samācaret ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
A twice-born man of virtuous disposition, J whether he dwells in (his own) house, with a teacher, or in the forest, must never, even in times of distress, j cause an injury (to any creature) which is not sanc-j tioned by the Veda.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.