Manu 9.251
एवं धर्म्याणि कार्याणि सम्यक् कुर्वन्) महीपतिः । देशान् अलब्धान्-लिप्सेत) लब्धांश् च परिपालयेत्) ॥
evaṃ dharmyāṇi kāryāṇi samyak kurvan) mahīpatiḥ | deśān alabdhān-lipseta) labdhāṃś ca paripālayet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
A king who thus duly fulfils his duties in accordance with justice, may seek to gain countries which he has not yet gained, and shall duly protect them when he has gained them.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.