[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) › 2.24 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.24 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.24) etāṇ dvijātayo deśān saṃśrayeran prayatnataḥ śūdras tu nivased vṛttikarśitaḥ // > Let twice-born men seek to dwell in those (above-mentioned countries); but a Sudra, distressed for subsistence, may reside anywhere. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.25) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.2.24) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.24) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p175) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.23.p20) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.24) · Pramāṇa