पुरुषस्य स्त्रियाश् च-एव धर्मे वर्त्मनि तिष्ठतोः) । [म्धर्म्ये ] संयोगे विप्रयोगे च धर्मान् वक्ष्यामि) शाश्वतान् ॥
puruṣasya striyāś ca-eva dharme vartmani tiṣṭhatoḥ) | [M.dharmye ] saṃyoge viprayoge ca dharmān vakṣyāmi) śāśvatān ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
I will now propound the eternal laws for a husband and his wife who keep to the path of duty, whether they be united or separated.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.