अयं द्विजैर् हि विद्वद्भिः पशुधर्मो विगर्हितः) । मनुष्याणाम् अपि प्रोक्तो) वेने राज्यं प्रशासति ॥
ayaṃ dvijair hi vidvadbhiḥ paśudharmo vigarhitaḥ) | manuṣyāṇām api prokto) vene rājyaṃ praśāsati ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
This practice which is reprehended by the learned of the twice-born castes as fit for cattle is said (to have occurred) even among men, while Vena ruled.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.