Manu 9.335
शुचिर् उत्कृष्टशुश्रूषुर् मृदुवाग् अनहंकृतः । ब्राह्मणादिआश्रयो नित्यम् उत्कृष्टां जातिम् अश्नुते) ॥ [म्ब्राह्मणअपाश्रयो]
śucir utkṛṣṭaśuśrūṣur mṛdu.vāg an.ahaṃkṛtaḥ | brāhmaṇādi.āśrayo nityam utkṛṣṭāṃ jātim aśnute) || [M.brāhmaṇa.apāśrayo]
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
(A Śudra who is) pure, the servant of his betters, gentle in his speech, and free from pride, and always seeks a refuge with Brāhmaṇas, attains (in his next life) a higher caste.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.