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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.48

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.48)

vāyvagnivipram ādityam apaḥ paśyaṃs tathaiva gāḥ  
na kadā cana kurvīta viṇmūtrasya visarjanam //

> Let him never void faeces or urine, facing the wind, or a fire, or looking towards a Brahmana, the sun, water, or cows.  
> — 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.4.48) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.48) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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