Manu 9.272
राष्ट्रेषु रक्षाधिकृतान् सामन्तांश् च-एव चोदितान् । अभ्याघातेषु मध्यस्थाञ् शिष्याच्) चौरान् इव द्रुतम् ॥
rāṣṭreṣu rakṣādhikṛtān sāmantāṃś ca-eva coditān | abhyāghāteṣu madhyasthāñ śiṣyāc) caurān iva drutam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Those who are appointed to guard provinces and his vassals who have been ordered (to help), he shall speedily punish like thieves, (if they remain) inactive in attacks (by robbers).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.