A quoted Manusmriti verse commanding obedience to local custom is untraceable to any source

Evidence

(Yadhyaddaacharyate yena dharmyam vaa-adharmyameva vaa/ Deshasyaacharanam nityam charitram taddhikiirtitam.) Debroy says this verse has not been traceable since it does not say anything important enough for it to be cited or reproduced. Translation: “Whatever is followed in a country, be it dharma or be it adharma, that must always be observed and applauded.” — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1172

Categorization

• QUESTION: If the verse is untraceable, does that weaken or alter Ambedkar’s citation of it? Worth chasing in the full text.
• XREF: connects to: Manusmriti text itself is non-standardized across versions — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1028; A verse Ambedkar cited as Manu’s law is actually a rejected, uncanonical Mahabharata variant — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1165; Bare assertions of non-hostility cannot substitute for authenticable facts — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 569 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Manusmriti text itself is non-standardized across versions — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1028; A verse Ambedkar cited as Manu’s law is actually a rejected, uncanonical Mahabharata variant — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1165; Bare assertions of non-hostility cannot substitute for authenticable facts — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 569 (+1 more)