Manu 10.104
जीवितात्ययम् आपन्नो यो ऽअन्नम् अत्ति) ततस् ततः । आकाशम् इव पङ्केन न स पापेन लिप्यते) ॥
jīvitātyayam āpanno yo 'annam atti) tatas tataḥ | ākāśam iva paṅkena na sa pāpena lipyate) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
He who, when in danger of losing his life, accepts food from any person whatsoever, is no more tainted by sin than the sky by mud.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.