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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.77

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.77

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.77)

acakṣurviṣayaṃ durgaṃ na prapadyeta karhi cit  
na viṇmūtram udīkṣeta na bāhubhyāṃ nadīṃ taret //

> Let him never enter a place, difficult of access, which is impervious to his eye; let him not look at urine or ordure, nor cross a river (swimming) with his arms.  
> — 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.4.77) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.77) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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