[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) › 4.78 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.78 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.78) adhitiṣṭhen na keśāṃs tu na bhasmāsthikapālikāḥ na kārpāsāsthi na tuṣān dīrgham āyur jijīviṣuḥ // > Let him not step on hair, ashes, bones, potsherds, cotton-seed or chaff, if he desires long life. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.77) - [Next: 4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.79) - [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.4.78) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.78) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.78) · Pramāṇa