यथा-इदं शावम् आशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते । [नोत् इन् ं] जनने ऽअप्य् एवम् एव स्यात्-निपुणं शुद्धिम् इच्छताम् ॥ [नोत् इन् ं]
yathā-idaṃ śāvam āśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate / [not in ṃ] janane 'apy evam eva syāt-nipuṇaṃ śuddhim icchatām // [not in ṃ]
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
As this impurity on account of a death is prescribed for (all) Sapi;^as, even so it shall be (held) on a birth by those who desire to be absolutely pure.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.