[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) › 4.2 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.2 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.2) adroheṇaiva bhūtānām alpadroheṇa vā punaḥ yā vṛttis tāṃ samāsthāya vipro jīved anāpadi // > A Brahmana must seek a means of subsistence which either causes no, or at least little pain (to others), and live (by that) except in times of distress. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.3) - [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.4.2) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.2) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.213.85) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.2) · Pramāṇa