Manu 8.312
क्षन्तव्यं) प्रभुणा नित्यं क्षिपतां) कार्यिणां नृणाम् । बालवृद्धआतुराणां च कुर्वता) हितम् आत्मनः ॥
kṣantavyaṃ) prabhuṇā nityaṃ kṣipatāṃ) kāryiṇāṃ nṛṇām | bāla.vṛddha.āturāṇāṃ ca kurvatā) hitam ātmanaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
A king who desires his own welfare must always forgive litigants, infants, aged and sick men, who inveigh against him.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.