Manu 8.74
समक्षदर्शनात् साक्ष्यं श्रवणाच् च-एव सिध्यति) । तत्र सत्यं ब्रुवन्) साक्षी धर्मअर्थाभ्यां न हीयते) ॥
samakṣadarśanāt sākṣyaṃ śravaṇāc ca-eva sidhyati) | tatra satyaṃ bruvan) sākṣī dharma.arthābhyāṃ na hīyate) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Evidence in accordance with what has actually been seen or heard, is admissible; a witness who speaks truth in those (cases), neither loses spiritual merit nor wealth. ^-\ u.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.