Manava Dharmashastra 2.240

2.240

ratnāni maṇayaḥ śambarapulindādibhyo'pyupāttāḥ śuddhāstadbuddhiyādyapīti | śilpāni ca vicitrapatracchedyādīnyaduṣṭānyagarhitāni cailanirṇejanapaṭarañjanabandhanādīni | sarvato jātiviśeṣamanapekṣya samādeyāni svīkartavyāni niścitavātidhairyabhāvaiḥ | viṣādapyamṛtamityevamādibhiranekavākyatvāt samānaprakramatvena sarva ete'rthavādāḥ |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Gems’—precious stones, even though obtained from such low-born people as the Śabara, the Pulinda and so forth, are regarded as clean; similarly should learning be regarded.

‘Arts’—e.g., Painting, etc., and those that have been regarded as mean, such as clothes-washing, the colouring and tying of cloth and so forth.

‘From all sources’—i.e., irrespective of considerations of caste.

‘May be obtained,’—accepted; by persons whose patience is truly assured. Begininng with Verse 239, all that is said is syntactically connected, and forming part of the same context, the whole is to be regarded as a commendatory statement.—(240)