Manava Dharmashastra 1.100

1.100

asantuṣṭasya pratigrahādiṣu punaḥ pravṛttau duṣkṛtitāmāśaṅkya samādhatte | sarvamidaṃ trailokyāntarvarti dhanaṃ brāhmaṇasya svam | nātra pratigraho vidyate | prabhutvenāsau gṛhṇāti, na pratigrahītṛtayeti | praśaṃsaiṣā na vidhirata evārhatiśabdaḥ | abhijane'bhijātatāviśiṣṭatvam |

Whatever is contained in this world is all the property of the Brāhmaṇa; the Brāhmaṇa verily deserves all by virtue of his superiority and noble birth. (100).

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
Having raised the question that, if the Brāhmaṇa happen to be discontented and should again undertake to receive gifts, he would incur sin,—the Author offers his answer to it in this verse.

‘All this’—i.e., whatever wealth exists in the three worlds—‘is the property of the Brāhmaṇa’; so that for him there can he no ‘acceptance of gifts’; what he takes possession of, he does by virtue of his being its possessor, and not as the receiver of a gift.

This is mere praise, not an injunction; hence we have the word ‘deserves’.

‘Noble birth’—high hirth, superior character. (100). VERSE CI.