[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) › 6.26 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.26 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.26) aprayatnaḥ sukhārtheṣu brahmacārī dharāśayaḥ śaraṇeṣv amamaś caiva vṛkṣamūlaniketanaḥ // > Making no effort (to procure) things that give pleasure, chaste, sleeping on the bare ground, not caring for any shelter, dwelling at the roots of trees. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.25) - [Next: 6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.27) - [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.6.26) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.26) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.brhaddharma.77.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.26) · Pramāṇa