[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) › 6.16 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.16 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.16) na phālakṛṣṭam aśnīyād utsṛṣṭam api kena cit na grāmajātāny ārto 'pi ca phalāni ca // > Let him not eat anything (grown on) ploughed (land), though it may have been thrown away by somebody, nor roots and fruit grown in a village, though (he may be) tormented (by hunger). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.15) - [Next: 6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.17) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.6.16) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.16) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.58.13) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.27.13) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.16) · Pramāṇa