प्रच्छन्नं वा प्रकाशं वा तत्-निषेवेत) यो नरः । तस्य दण्डविकल्पः स्याद्) यथाइष्टं नृपतेस् तथा ॥
pracchannaṃ vā prakāśaṃ vā tat-niṣeveta) yo naraḥ | tasya daṇḍavikalpaḥ syād) yathā.iṣṭaṃ nṛpates tathā ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
On every man who addicts himself to that (vice) either secretly or openly, the king may inflict punishment according to his discretion.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.