[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) › 4.6 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.6 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.6) satyānṛtaṃ tu vāṇijyaṃ tena caivāpi jīvyate sevā śvavṛttir ākhyātā tasmāt tāṃ parivarjayet // > But trade and (money-lending) are Satyanrita, even by that one may subsist. Service is called Svavritti; therefore one should avoid it. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.5) - [Next: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.7) - [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.4.6) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.6) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p4) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.6) · Pramāṇa