Manu 8.168
बलाद् दत्तं बलाद् भुक्तं बलाद् यच् च-अपि लेखितम् । सर्वान् बलकृतान् अर्थान् अकृतान् मनुर् अब्रवीत्) ॥
balād dattaṃ balād bhuktaṃ balād yac ca-api lekhitam | sarvān balakṛtān arthān akṛtān manur abravīt) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
What is given by force, what is enjoyed by force, also what has been caused to be written by force, and all other transactions done by force, Man has declared void.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.