[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) › 6.38 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.38 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.38) prājāpatyaṃ nirupyeṣṭiṃ vedasadakṣiṇām ātmany agnīn samāropya brāhmaṇaḥ pravrajed gṛhāt // > Having performed the Ishti, sacred to the Lord of creatures (Pragapati), where (he gives) all his property as the sacrificial fee, having reposited the sacred fires in himself, a Brahmana may depart from his house (as an ascetic). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.37) - [Next: 6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.39) - [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.6.38) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.38) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Liṅgadhāraṇacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.lingadharanacandrika.11.1) — Nandikeśvara 1625, Sanskrit - [Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.brhaddharma.77.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.38) · Pramāṇa