[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) › 10.83 # Manava Dharmashastra 10.83 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.83 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [10.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.83) vaiśyavṛttyāpi jīvaṃs tu brāhmaṇaḥ ksatriyo 'pi vā hiṃsāprāyāṃ parādhīnāṃ kṛṣiṃ yatnena varjayet // > But a Brahmana, or a Kshatriya, living by a Vaisya's mode of subsistence, shall carefully avoid (the pursuit of) agriculture, (which causes) injury to many beings and depends on others. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 10.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.82) - [Next: 10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.84) - [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.10.83) — 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 (5) - [Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.42) — B. A. Saletore, English - [Corporate Life in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.economy.majumdar-1920.c9.s2.5) — R. C. Majumdar, English - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.27.p2) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.hopkins-1889.c2.s4.100) — E. W. Hopkins, English - [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.167) — Richard Fick & Shishirkumar Maitra, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.83) · Pramāṇa