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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.33

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.33)

rājato dhanam anvicchet saṃsīdan snātakaḥ kṣudhā  
yājyāntevāsinor vāpi na tv anyata iti sthitiḥ //

> A Snataka who pines with hunger, may beg wealth of a king, of one for whom he sacrifices, and of a pupil, but not of others; that is a settled rule.  
> — 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.4.33) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.33) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p34) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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