Manu 8.296
मनुष्यमारणे क्षिप्रं चौरवत् किल्बिषं भवेत्) । प्राणभृत्सु महत्स्व् अर्धं गोगजौष्ट्रहयादिषु ॥
manuṣyamāraṇe kṣipraṃ cauravat kilbiṣaṃ bhavet) | prāṇabhṛtsu mahatsv ardhaṃ go.gaja.uṣṭra.hayādiṣu ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
If a man is killed, his guilt will be at once the same as (that of) a thief; for large animals such as cows, elephants, camels or horses, half of that.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.