[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) › 5.33 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.33 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.33) nādyād avidhinā māṃsaṃ vidhijño 'nāpadi dvijaḥ jagdhvā hy avidhinā māṃsaṃ pretas tair adyate 'vaśaḥ // > A twice-born man who knows the law, must not eat meat except in conformity with the law; for if he has eaten it unlawfully, he will, unable to save himself, be eaten after death by his (victims). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.32) - [Next: 5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.34) - [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.5.33) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.33) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.10.p155) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.33) · Pramāṇa