Manusmriti

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मातरं वा स्वसारं वा मातुर्वा भगिनीं निजाम् । भिक्षेत भिक्षां प्रथमं या चैनं नावमानयेत् ॥ ५० ॥

sanskrit

. 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)

english translation

mAtaraM vA svasAraM vA mAturvA bhaginIM nijAm | bhikSeta bhikSAM prathamaM yA cainaM nAvamAnayet || 50 ||

hk transliteration