Manava Dharmashastra 4.4

4.4

tānīdānīṃ karmāṇi nāmatastāvadāha | nāmnaiva keṣāñcit stutiḥ pratīyate | prayojanaṃ ca praśastābhāve ninditeṣu pravṛttiḥ | tatra 'mṛtapramṛte' atyantanindite | tato'pi satyānṛtam | yata āha 'tenaiva vā jīvitavyam' iti | apiśabda arucisūcanārthaḥ |
nāmataḥ nirdiśya svarūpato vyācaṣṭe |

He shall live in “Truth” and “Nectar,” or by “Death” and “Super-death;” or, even by “Truth and Falsehood;” but never by the “living of the dog.”—(4)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The author now mentions the “occupations” by name; and their mere names imply the excellence of some of them; and from this it follows that one should have recourse to the deprecated ones only when the commended ones are not possible.

Of these, the “Death” and the “Super-Death” are the most deprecated; and worse than these is the “Truth and Falsehood,” as is clear from the fact that the Text says that one may live ‘even by these;’ where the term ‘even’ clearly indicates undesirability.—(4)