Manu 8.355
यस् त्व् अनाक्षारितः पूर्वम् अभिभाषते) कारणात् । न दोषं प्राप्नुयात्) किं चिन् न हि तस्य व्यतिक्रमः ॥
yas tv an.ākṣāritaḥ pūrvam abhibhāṣate) kāraṇāt | na doṣaṃ prāpnuyāt) kiṃ cin na hi tasya vyatikramaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
But a man, not before accused, who (thus) speaks with (a woman) for some (reasonable) cause, shall not incur any guilt, since in him there is no transgression.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.