Manu 9.305
अष्टौ मासान् यथा-आदित्यस् तोयं हरति) रश्मिभिः । तथा हरेत्) करं राष्ट्रात्-नित्यम् अर्कव्रतं हि तत् ॥
aṣṭau māsān yathā-ādityas toyaṃ harati) raśmibhiḥ | tathā haret) karaṃ rāṣṭrāt-nityam arkavrataṃ hi tat ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
As the Sun during eight, months (imperceptibly) draws up the water with his rays, even so let him gradually draw his taxes from his kingdom; for that is the office in which he resembles the Sun.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.