Manu 2.50
मातरं वा स्वसारं वा मातुर् वा भगिनीं निजाम् । भिक्षेत) भिक्षाम् प्रथमं या च-एनं न-अवमानयेत्) ॥
mātaraṃ vā svasāraṃ vā mātur vā bhaginīṃ nijām | bhikṣeta) bhikṣām prathamaṃ yā ca-enaṃ na-avamānayet) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Let him first beg food of his mother, or of his sister, or of his own maternal aunt, or of (some other) female who will not disgrace him (by a refusal).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.