[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) › 4.253 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.253 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.253 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.253) ārdhikaḥ kulamitraṃ ca gopālo dāsanāpitau ete śūdreṣu bhojyānnā yāś cātmānaṃ nivedayet // > His labourer in tillage, a friend of his family, his cow-herd, his slave, and his barber are, among Sudras, those whose food he may eat, likewise (a poor man) who offers himself (to be his slave). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.252) - [Next: 4.254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.254) - [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.4.253) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.253) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.253) · Pramāṇa