Manava Dharmashastra 5.54

5.54

medhyairdevārhaḥ munyannāni nīvārādyannānyakṛṣṭapacyajanitāni | ayamarthavāda eva |

By subsisting upon sacred fruits and roots, and by eating the food of hermits, one does not obtain that reward which he does by abstaining from meat—(54).

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Sacred’—fit for Gods.

‘Food of hermits’—i.e., such grains as are got without cultivation; e.g., the Nirāra and the like.

This verse also is a purely commendatory exaggeration—(54)

This verse is quoted in Parāśaramādhava (Ācāra, p. 719), which adds that the renouncing of meat here spoken of refers to meat other than the ‘consecrated’ and the rest that have been spoken of before.

Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 5.54-55)
Viṣṇu (51.77.78).—(Same as Manu.)