[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) › 6.27 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.27 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.27) tāpaseṣv eva vipreṣu yātrikaṃ bhaikṣam āharet gṛhamedhiṣu cānyeṣu dvijeṣu vanavāsiṣu // > From Brahmanas (who live as) ascetics, let him receive alms, (barely sufficient) to support life, or from other householders of the twice-born (castes) who reside in the forest. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.26) - [Next: 6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.28) - [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.6.27) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.27) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.58.33) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.27.34) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.27) · Pramāṇa