[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) › 6.56 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.56 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.56) vidhūme sannamusale vyaṅgāre bhuktavajjane vṛtte śarāvasaṃpāte bhikṣāṃ nityaṃ yatiś caret // > When no smoke ascends from (the kitchen), when the pestle lies motionless, when the embers have been extinguished, when the people have finished their meal, when the remnants in the dishes have been removed, let the ascetic always go to beg. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.55) - [Next: 6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.57) - [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.6.56) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.56) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.brhaddharma.77.25) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.56) · Pramāṇa