[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) › 4.28 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.28 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.28) navenānarcitā hy asya paśuhavyena cāgnayaḥ prāṇān evāttum icchanti navānnāmiṣagardhinaḥ // > For his fires, not being worshipped by offerings of new grain and of an animal, seek to devour his vital spirits, (because they are) greedy for new grain and flesh. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.27) - [Next: 4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.29) - [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.4.28) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.28) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra (ed. W. Caland, Lahore 1925, with the commentary extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka*caland.50.11.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.28) · Pramāṇa