Manu 8.339
वानस्पत्यं मूलफलं दारु-अग्न्यर्थं तथा-एव च । तृणं च गोभ्यो ग्रासअर्थम् अस्तेयं मनुर् अब्रवीत्) ॥
vānaspatyaṃ mūla.phalaṃ dāru-agny.arthaṃ tathā-eva ca | tṛṇaṃ ca gobhyo grāsa.artham asteyaṃ manur abravīt) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
(The taking of) roots and of fruit from trees, of wood for a (sacrificial) fire, and of grass for feeding cows, Manu has declared (to be) no theft.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.