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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.80

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.80

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.80)

na śūdrāya matiṃ dadyān nocchiṣṭaṃ na haviṣkṛtam  
na cāsyopadiśed dharmaṃ na cāsya vratam ādiśet //

> Let him not give to a Sudra advice, nor the remnants (of his meal), nor food offered to the gods; nor let him explain the sacred law (to such a man), nor impose (upon him) a penance.  
> — 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.4.80) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.80.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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