[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) › 4.4 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.4 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.4) ṛtāmṛtābhyāṃ jīvet tu mṛtena pramṛtena vā satyānṛtābhyām api vā na śvavṛttyā kadā cana // > He may subsist by Rita (truth), and Amrita (ambrosia), or by Mrita (death) and by Pramrita (what causes many deaths); or even by (the mode) called Satyanrita (a mixture of truth and falsehood), but never by Svavritti (a dog's mode of life). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.3) - [Next: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.5) - [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.4.4) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.4) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p3) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.4) · Pramāṇa