Manava Dharmashastra 4.84

4.84

uktaṃ " rājato dhanamanvicchediti " (a0 4 ślo0 33) | rājaśabdaścāyaṃ kṣatriyajātāvakṣatriye'pi janapadeśvare dṛṣṭaprayogo ' brāhmaṇānāṃ rājyamiti ' | tatra pratigrahavidhau tanniṣedhe ca janapadeśvaravacano gṛhyate | yenāha arājanyaprasūtita iti | janapadaiśvaryaṃ hi sarvavarṇasambhavi lipsayā | ato viśeṣyate | rājanyātkṣatriyādyasya prasūtirutpattirnāsti tasmādrājño janapadeśvarānna gṛhṇīyāt | kṣatriyādapi lubdhāducchāstravartino, vakṣyamāṇena pratiṣedhena | sūnā paśumāraṇaṃ saṃjñapanapūrvakeṇa māṃsakrayeṇa yo jīvati sa sūnāvān | khaṭika iti loke prasiddhaḥ | dhvajo madyapaṇyaḥ tatkrayavikrayajīvī | veśaḥ paṇyavṛttiḥstayā yo jīvati-strī vā pumānvā |

He shall not accept gifts from a king not born of the Kṣatriya caste; nor from the keepers of slaughterhouses, oil-presses or grog-shops; nor from those who live on brothels.—(84)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
It has been said above (4.33) that ‘he shall seek for wealth form Kings,’ This word, “king,” denoting the lord of men, has been found to be applied to the Kṣatriya as well as the non-Kṣatriya; e.g., in such expressions as ‘the Kingdom of Brāhmaṇas,’ Hence, in connection with a rule regarding the acceptance of gifts, when we find a prohibition, we take the term as standing for the lord of men; specially, as in the present verse, we have the phrase ‘not born of the Kṣatriya caste,’ Since it is possible for one to accept, through avarice, the gifts of the lords of men, belonging to all castes, the text has specified it; the sense being—‘one shall not accept gifts from such a lord of men as is not born of the Kṣatriya caste; nor even from the Kṣatriya king, who does not behave according to the scriptures as will be made clear by the prohibition coming later on.

‘Sūnā’ is slaughter-house; and he who lives by selling meat, after having slaughtered the animal, is called a butcher,’ a ‘keeper of the slaughter-house.’

Similarly, ‘cakravān’ is one who lives by oil-pressing; who is known among men as ‘khaṭika.’

‘Dhvaja’ is wine-shop; and the ‘dhvajavān’ is he who lives by buying and selling wine

‘Veśa’ is brothel; he who lives by this—be it a man or a woman.—(84)