[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) › 6.21 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.21 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.21) puṣpamūlaphalair vāpi kevalair vartayet sadā kālapakvaiḥ svayaṃ śīrṇair vaikhānasamate sthitaḥ // > Or he may constantly subsist on flowers, roots, and fruit alone, which have been ripened by time and have fallen spontaneously, following the rule of the (Institutes) of Vikhanas. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.20) - [Next: 6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.22) - [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.6.21) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.21) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.58.25) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.27.26) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Daśavidhahetunirūpaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vaikhanasa!tatparyacintamani.dasavidhahetunirupana.176.5) — Śrīnivāsamakhin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.21) · Pramāṇa