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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.15

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.15)

nehetārthān prasaṅgena na viruddhena karmaṇā  
na artheṣu nārtyām api yatas tataḥ //

> Whether he be rich or even in distress, let him not seek wealth through pursuits to which men cleave, nor by forbidden occupations, nor (let him accept presents) from any (giver whosoever he may be).  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.4.15) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.15) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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