[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) › 5.30 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.30 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.30) nāttā duṣyaty adann ādyān prāṇino 'hanyahany api dhātraiva sṛṣṭā hy ādyāś ca prāṇino 'ttāra eva ca // > The eater who daily even devours those destined to be his food, commits no sin; for the creator himself created both the eaters and those who are to be eaten (for those special purposes). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.29) - [Next: 5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.31) - [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.5.30) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.30) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p505) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.30) · Pramāṇa