Manava Dharmashastra 6.57

6.57

īdṛśe kāle yadi kutaścinna labhyate tadā viṣādaścittaparikhedo na grahītavyaḥ | lābhālābhayorharṣaviṣādau na grāhyau | prāṇayātrikī prāṇadhāraṇārthā mātrā parimāṇaṃ bhaikṣasya | anenaitaddarśayatibhaikṣāsaṃbhave prāṇayātrā phalamūlodakādibhirapyananyaparigṛhītaiḥ kartavyā | mātrā pātradaṇḍādi, tatra saṅgaḥ prayatnenopārjanam, tato vinirgato nivṛttaḥ | akāma iti yāvat |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
If at the stated time he should fail to obtain food, he shall not be ‘sorry,’ dejected in mind. He shall not allow grief or joy to overtake him at failing or succeeding to obtain food.

‘What suffices to sustain his life.’—This indicates the quantity of food to be begged. What this implies is that in the event of his failing to obtain alms, he shall sustain his life by such fruits, roots and water as do not belong to another person.

‘Accessories’— vessels, staff and so forth;—‘attachment to these’—i. e., making special efforts to obtain them;—from this he should he ‘free’; that is he shall harbour no longings.—(57)