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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.30

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.30)

pāṣāṇḍino vikarmasthān baiḍālavratikāñ śaṭhān  
haitukān bakavṛttīṃś ca vāṅgātreṇāpi nārcayet //

> Let him not honour, even by a greeting, heretics, men who follow forbidden occupations, men who live like cats, rogues, logicians, (arguing against the Veda,) and those who live like herons.  
> — 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.4.30) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.30) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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