[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) › 2.52 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.52 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.52) āyuṣyaṃ prāṅmukho bhuṅkte yaśasyaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ śriyaṃ pratyaṅmukho bhuṅkte ṛtaṃ bhuṅkte hy udaṅmukhaḥ // > (His meal will procure) long life, if he eats facing the east; fame, if he turns to the south; prosperity, if he turns to the west; truthfulness, if he faces the east. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.51) - [Next: 2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.53) - [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.2.52) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.52) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.52) · Pramāṇa