भर्तुः शरीरशुश्रूषां धर्मकार्यं च नैत्यकम् । स्वा च-एव कुर्यात्) सर्वेषां न-अस्वजातिः कथं चन ॥ [म्स्वा स्वा-एव]
bhartuḥ śarīraśuśrūṣāṃ dharmakāryaṃ ca naityakam | svā ca-eva kuryāt) sarveṣāṃ na-asvajātiḥ kathaṃ cana || [M.svā svā-eva]
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Among all (twice-born men) the wife of equal caste alone, not a wife of a different caste by any means, shall personally attend her husband and assist him in his daily sacred rites. J. But he who foolishly causes that (duty) to be mischievous,' i.e. ' who beats or ill-treats her children, servants, &c.'
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.