[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) › 5.129 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.129 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.129 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.129) nityaṃ śuddhaḥ kāruhastaḥ yac ca prasāritam brahmacārigataṃ bhaikṣyaṃ nityaṃ medhyam iti sthitiḥ // > The hand of an artisan is always pure, so is (every vendible commodity) exposed for sale in the market, and food obtained by begging which a student holds (in his hand) is always fit for use; that is a settled rule. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.128) - [Next: 5.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.130) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.129) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.129) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.9.102.128) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.5.p274) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p311) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit - [Nṛsiṃhaprasāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.nrsimhaprasada.p133) — Dalapatirāja 1511, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.129) · Pramāṇa