<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.27 -->

[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) › 4.27

# Manava Dharmashastra 4.27

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.27)

nāniṣṭvā navasasyeṣṭyā paśunā cāgnimān dvijaḥ  
navānnam adyān māṃsaṃ vā dīrgham āyur jijīviṣuḥ //

> A Brahmana, who keeps sacred fires, shall, if he desires to live long, not eat new grain or meat, without having offered the (Agrayana) Ishti with new grain and an animal-(sacrifice).  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

- [Previous: 4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.26)
- [Next: 4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.28)
- [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.4.27) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.27) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.27) · Pramāṇa
