[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) › 10.104 # Manava Dharmashastra 10.104 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.104 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [10.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.104) jīvitātyayam āpanno yo 'nnam atti tatas tataḥ ākāśam iva paṅkena na sa pāpena lipyate // > He who, when in danger of losing his life, accepts food from any person whatsoever, is no more tainted by sin than the sky by mud. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 10.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.103) - [Next: 10.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.105) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.10.104) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit - [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit - [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.364) — P. V. Kane, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.104) · Pramāṇa