धर्मार्थं येन दत्तं स्यात्) कस्मै चिद् याचते) धनम् । पश्चाच् च न तथा तत् स्यान्) न देयं तस्य तद् भवेत्) ॥
dharmārthaṃ yena dattaṃ syāt) kasmai cid yācate) dhanam | paścāc ca na tathā tat syān) na deyaṃ tasya tad bhavet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Should money be given (or promised) for a pious purpose by one man to another who asks for it, the gift shall be void, if the (money is) afterwards not (used) in the manner (stated).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.