[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 1.101 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.101 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.101 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.101) svam eva brāhmaṇo bhuṅkte svaṃ vaste svaṃ dadāti ca ānṛśaṃsyād brāhmaṇasya bhuñjate hītare janāḥ // > The Brahmana eats but his own food, wears but his own apparel, bestows but his own in alms; other mortals subsist through the benevolence of the Brahmana. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.100) - [Next: 1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.102) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.1.101) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.101) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.4.22.46) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.brhaddharma.72.48) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.3.2) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.101) · Pramāṇa