स्वां प्रसूतिं चरित्रं च कुलम् आत्मानम् एव च । स्वं च धर्मं प्रयत्नेन जायां रक्षन् हि रक्षति) ॥
svāṃ prasūtiṃ caritraṃ ca kulam ātmānam eva ca | svaṃ ca dharmaṃ prayatnena jāyāṃ rakṣan hi rakṣati) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
He who carefully guards his wife, preserves (the purity of) his offspring, virtuous conduct, his family, himself, and his (means of acquiring) merit.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.