[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) › 6.57 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.57 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.57) alābhe na viṣadī syāl lābhe caiva na harṣayet prāṇayātrikamātraḥ syān mātrāsaṅgād vinirgataḥ // > Let him not be sorry when he obtains nothing, nor rejoice when he obtains (something), let him (accept) so much only as will sustain life, let him not care about the (quality of his) utensils. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.56) - [Next: 6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.58) - [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.6.57) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.57) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.222.51) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra (ed. G. Bühler)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha*buhler.10.22) — Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sampradaya.vasisthasmrti.99) — Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.79.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.57) · Pramāṇa