Manu 9.281
यस् तु पूर्वनिविष्टस्य तडागस्य-उदकं हरेत्) । आगमं वा-अप्य् अपां भिन्द्यात्) स दाप्यः) पूर्वसाहसम् ॥
yas tu pūrvaniviṣṭasya taḍāgasya-udakaṃ haret) | āgamaṃ vā-apy apāṃ bhindyāt) sa dāpyaḥ) pūrvasāhasam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
But he who shall take away the water of a tank, made in ancient times, or shall cut off the supply of water, must be made to pay the first (or lowest) amercement.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.