[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) › 10.85 # Manava Dharmashastra 10.85 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.85 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [10.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.85) idaṃ tu vṛttivaikalyāt tyajato dharmanaipuṇaṃ viṭpaṇyam uddhṛtoddhāraṃ vikreyaṃ vittavardhanam // > But he who, through a want of means of subsistence, gives up the strictness with respect to his duties, may sell, in order to increase his wealth, the commodities sold by Vaisyas, making (however) the (following) exceptions. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.84) - [Next: 10.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.86) - [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.10.85) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.28.p1) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.85) · Pramāṇa