Manava Dharmashastra 6.27

6.27

pañcamyarthe saptamī | tāpasebhyaḥ phalamūlāsambhave bhaikṣamāharet | gṛhamedhibhyo gṛhasthebhyo vā vanavāsibhyaḥ | yātrikaṃ yāvatā sauhityaṃ bhavati |
asambhave tu

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The Locative ending in ‘tāpaseṣu’ &c. has the sense of the Ablative; meaning ‘from hermits’—‘he shall receive alms’,—in the event of his being unable to obtain fruits and roots;—‘or from such householders as live in the forests’.

‘Enough for subsistence’;—what is just sufficient to satisfy his hunger.—(27).

In the absence of such alms.—