[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) › 5.37 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.37 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.37) kuryād ghṛtapaśuṃ saṅge kuryāt piṣṭapaśuṃ tathā na tv eva tu vṛthā hantuṃ paśum icchet kadā cana // > If he has a strong desire (for meat) he may make an animal of clarified butter or one of flour, (and eat that); but let him never seek to destroy an animal without a (lawful) reason. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.36) - [Next: 5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.38) - [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.5.37) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.37) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit - [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit - [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.37) · Pramāṇa