Manu 8.20
जातिमात्रौपजीवी वा कामं स्याद्) ब्राह्मणब्रुवः । धर्मप्रवक्ता नृपतेर् न शूद्रः कथं चन ॥
jātimātra.upajīvī vā kāmaṃ syād) brāhmaṇabruvaḥ | dharmapravaktā nṛpater na śūdraḥ kathaṃ cana ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
A Brāhmaṇa who subsists only by the name of his caste (^ati), or one who merely calls himself a Brāhmaṇa (though his origin be uncertain), may, at the king's pleasure, interpret the law to him, but never a 6udra.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.