Manu 8.104
शूद्रविश्क्षत्रविप्राणां यत्र-ऋतौक्तौ भवेद्) वधः । तत्र वक्तव्यम् अनृतं तद्द् हि सत्याद् विशिष्यते) ॥
śūdra.viś.kṣatra.viprāṇāṃ yatra-ṛta.uktau bhaved) vadhaḥ | tatra vaktavyam anṛtaṃ tadd hi satyād viśiṣyate) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Whenever the death of a 6udra, of a Vaisya, of a Kshatriya, or of a Brāhmaṇa would be (caused) by a declaration of the truth, a falsehood may be spoken; for such (falsehood) is preferable to the truth.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.