Manu 9.311
यथा सर्वाणि भूतानि धरा धारयते) समम् । तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि बिभ्रतः) पार्थिवं व्रतम् ॥
yathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni dharā dhārayate) samam | tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni bibhrataḥ) pārthivaṃ vratam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
As the Earth supports all created beings equally, thus (a king) who supports all his subjects, (takes upon himself) the office of the Earth.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.