जातिजानपदान् धर्मान् श्रेणीधर्मांश् च धर्मवित् । समीक्ष्य) कुलधर्मांश् च स्वधर्मं प्रतिपादयेत्) ॥
jāti.jānapadān dharmān śreṇīdharmāṃś ca dharmavit | samīkṣya) kuladharmāṃś ca svadharmaṃ pratipādayet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
(A king) who knows the sacred law, must inquire into the laws of castes (^ati), of districts, of guilds, and of families, and (thus) settle the peculiar law of each.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.