[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) › 4.57 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.57 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.57) naikaḥ na śreyāṃsaṃ prabodhayet nodakyayābhibhāṣeta yajñaṃ gacchen na cāvṛtaḥ // > Let him not sleep alone in a deserted dwelling; let him not wake (a superior) who is sleeping; let him not converse with a menstruating woman; nor let him go to a sacrifice, if he is not chosen (to be officiating priest). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.56) - [Next: 4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.58) - [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.4.57) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.57) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p78) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.57) · Pramāṇa