Manava Dharmashastra 6.59

6.59

raho nirjano deśastatra sthānāsane kartavye | ekārāmatāyāḥ phalamindriyajayo'nena pradarśyate | athavā niṣkautūhalatā'nenocyate | yatra bahavo janasaṃghātāḥ strīpuṃsātmakā vicitrābharaṇā dṛśyaṃte na tatra kṣaṇamapi tiṣṭhet |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘In solitude’—in a place devoid of people—he shall stand and sit.

This indicates that ‘subjugation of the senses’ is the result of living in solitude. Or, it may be taken to be indicative of freedom from curiosity.

He shall not stay even for a moment at a place where large number of people, men and women, with various kinds of dress and ornaments, congregate.—(59)