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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.50

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.50

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.50)

na bhakṣayati yo māṃsaṃ vidhiṃ hitvā piśācavat  
na loke priyatāṃ yāti vyādhibhiś ca na pīḍyate //

> He who, disregarding the rule (given above), does not eat meat like a Pisaka, becomes dear to men, and will not be tormented by diseases.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.50) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.50) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.73) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit

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