यत्र-अनिबद्धो ऽअपीक्षेत) शृणुयाद्) वा-अपि किं चन । पृष्टस्) तत्र-अपि तद् ब्रूयाद्) यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम् ॥
yatra-anibaddho 'apīkṣeta) śṛṇuyād) vā-api kiṃ cana | pṛṣṭas) tatra-api tad brūyād) yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
When a man (originally) not appointed to be a witness sees or hears anything and is (afterwards) examined regarding it, he must declare it (exactly) as he saw or heard it. J J. One man who is free from covetousness may J_ be (accepted as) witness; but not even many pure ^PJ women, because the understanding of females ^js^ apt to waver, nor even many other men, who are tainted with sin.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.