Manava Dharmashastra 4.252

4.252

abhyatīteṣvatīteṣu vinā vā tairjīvanto'pi yadi pṛthagvasanti | gurugrahaṇaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca bhṛtyānāmapi pradarśanārtham | ātmano vṛttiṃ jīvanaṃ pratīcchannarthayamānaḥ sādhubhyo dhārmikebhyaḥ pratigṛhṇīyāt | jāteratrānupādānācchūdrādapi dhārmikādasti parigrahaḥ | taduktaṃ 'nādyācchūdrasya' ityādi ( 4 | 223 ) |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Dead’—and past; or when, even though the Teachers be living, the man lives apart from them.

The term, ‘Teachers, ‘here includes all dependants also.

‘Seeking his own subsistence,’ he shall accept gifts from ‘good’—righteous—‘persons.’ No caste being specified, acceptance is permitted from righteous Śūdras also; as is said under 223—‘A Brāhmaṇa shall not eat, etc., etc.’—(252)