प्रोषितो धर्मकार्यार्थं प्रतीक्ष्यो) ऽअष्टौ नरः समाः । विद्यार्थं षड् यशो।ऽअर्थं वा कामार्थं त्रींस् तु वत्सरान् ॥
proṣito dharmakāryārthaṃ pratīkṣyo) 'aṣṭau naraḥ samāḥ | vidyārthaṃ ṣaḍ yaśo.'arthaṃ vā kāmārthaṃ trīṃs tu vatsarān ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
If the husband went abroad for some sacred duty, (she) must wait for him eight years, if (he went) to (acquire) learning or fame six (years), if (he went) for pleasure three years. j j. For one year let a husband bear with a wife who hates him; but after (the lapse of) a year let him deprive her of her property and cease to cohabit with her.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.