Manu 8.309
अनपेक्षितमर्यादं नास्तिकं विप्रलुंपकम् । [मनवेक्षितमर्यादं ] अरक्षितारम् अत्तारं नृपं विद्याद्) अधोगतिम् ॥
anapekṣita.maryādaṃ nāstikaṃ vipraluṃpakam | [M.anavekṣita.maryādaṃ ] arakṣitāram attāraṃ nṛpaṃ vidyād) adho.gatim ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Know that a king who heeds not the rules (of the' law), who is an atheist, and rapacious, who does not protect (his subjects, but) devours them, will sink low (after death).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.