[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) › 6.50 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.50 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.50 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.50) na cotpātanimittābhyāṃ na nakṣatrāṅgavidyayā nānuśāsanavādābhyāṃ bhikṣāṃ lipseta karhi cit // > Neither by (explaining) prodigies and omens, nor by skill in astrology and palmistry, nor by giving advice and by the exposition (of the Sastras), let him ever seek to obtain alms. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.49) - [Next: 6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.51) - [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.6.50) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.50) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra (ed. G. Bühler)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha*buhler.10.21) — Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sampradaya.vasisthasmrti.98) — Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.79.15) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.50) · Pramāṇa