[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) › 4.38 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.38 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.38) na laṅghayed vatsatantrīṃ na pradhāvec ca varṣati na codake nirīkṣeta svarūpam iti dhāraṇā // > Let him not step over a rope to which a calf is tied, let him not run when it rains, and let him not look at his own image in water; that is a settled rule. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.37) - [Next: 4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.39) - [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.4.38) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.38) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p43) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.38) · Pramāṇa