धर्मासनम् अधिष्ठाय) संवीतअङ्गः समाहितः । प्रणम्य) लोकपालेभ्यः कार्यदर्शनम् आरभेत्) ॥
dharmāsanam adhiṣṭhāya) saṃvīta.aṅgaḥ samāhitaḥ | praṇamya) lokapālebhyaḥ kāryadarśanam ārabhet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Having occupied the seat of justice, having covered his body, and having worshipped the guardian deities of the world, let him, with a collected mind, begin the trial of causes.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.