Manava Dharmashastra 4.57

4.57

śūnyaṃ gṛhaṃ yatra na kaścitprativasati | na śreyāṃsam | kanīyānvṛttādibhirjyeṣṭham ‘idaṃ te yuktamidamayuktamiti’ hetūpadeśādinā na prabodhayet | udakyā rajasvalā tayā saha saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ na kuryāt | yajñaṃ gacchenna cāvṛtaḥ| yajñabhūmimanimantrito na gacchet | “darśanāya tu kāmam” iti gautamaḥ ( a0 9 sū0 55 ) | ato yajñe bhojanādipratiṣedho'yamavṛtasya |

Alone he shall not sleep in a deserted house. He shall not offer advice to his superior. He shall not converse with a woman in her courses. He shall not go to a sacrifice uninvited.—(57).

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Deserted house’—i.e., one in which no one lives.

‘His superior.’—One who is inferior, in occupation (learning, wealth, &c.), shall not address to his superior such words of advice as ‘this is proper for you,’ ‘that is improper,’ and so forth, accompanied by a statement of reasons and arguments.

‘Udakī’—a woman in her courses;—with her he shall carry on no conversation.

‘He shall not go uninvited to a sacrifice,’—i.e., to a place where a sacrifice is being performed. Gautama has said—‘For merely seeing it, he may go, if he desires’ (9-55); hence the present prohibition pertains to such things as eating and the like at sacrifices, without invitation.—(57).

This verse is quoted in Saṃskāramayūkha (p. 71), which explains ‘avṛtah’ as ‘without invitation from the sacrificer’, he should not go to a sacrifice, with the purpose of getting something; there is nothing wrong in merely going to see the performance, as distinctly stated by Gautama.

Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (9.54-55).—‘Uninvited, he shall not go to a sacrifice; but only for seeing it he may go, if he desires.’

Vaśiṣṭha (12.39.40).—‘Uninvited, he shall not go to a sacrifice; in case he does go, he shall turn back in such a manner as to leave it on his right.’

Viṣṇu (70.13).—‘He shall not sleep either in the cremation-ground, or in an empty temple or in an empty house.’

Do. (71.56.58).—‘He shall not arouse a sleeping man; he shall not converse with a woman in her courses.’

Yājñavalkya (1.137).—‘He shall not drink water with joined hands; he shall not arouse a sleeping man.’