Manu 9.16
एवं स्वभावं ज्ञात्वा)-आसां प्रजापतिनिसर्गजम् । परमं यत्नम् आतिष्ठेत्) पुरुषो रक्षणं प्रति ॥
evaṃ svabhāvaṃ jñātvā)-āsāṃ prajāpatinisargajam | paramaṃ yatnam ātiṣṭhet) puruṣo rakṣaṇaṃ prati ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Knowing their disposition, which the Lord of creatures laid in them at the creation, to be such, (every) man should most strenuously exert himself to guard them.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.