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Manava Dharmashastra 5.20

Manubhāṣya 5.20

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Sanskrit

5.20

amatyā abuddhipūrvaṃ ṣaṭ jagdhvā ṣaṇṇāmanyatamamapi | bhakṣyasya avidheyatvanimittatayā sāhityasyāvivakṣā | śeṣeṣu abhakṣyeṣu bhakṣaṇe lohitavṛkṣaniryāsādiṣu ekamahorātraṃ na bhuñjīta | ahaḥśabdo rātrāvapi dṛṣṭaprayogaḥ | "ahaśca kṛṣṇamahararjunaṃ ceti” (ṛgveda 6 |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This refers to the Brāhmaṇa who is in the habit of eating at the house of those Śūdra whose food he is permitted to eat.

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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