[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) › 5.35 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.35 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.35) niyuktas tu yathānyāyaṃ yo māṃsaṃ nātti mānavaḥ sa pretya paśutāṃ yāti saṃbhavān ekaviṃśatim // > But a man who, being duly engaged (to officiate or to dine at a sacred rite), refuses to eat meat, becomes after death an animal during twenty-one existences. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.34) - [Next: 5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.36) - [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.5.35) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.35) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.35) · Pramāṇa