[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) › 4.11 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.11 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.11) na lokavṛttaṃ varteta vṛttihetoḥ kathaṃ cana ajihmām aśathāṃ śuddhāṃ jīved brāhmaṇajīvikām // > Let him never, for the sake of subsistence, follow the ways of the world; let him live the pure, straightforward, honest life of a Brahmana. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.10) - [Next: 4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.12) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.4.11) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.11) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.25.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.11) · Pramāṇa