[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) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Apastambasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba) › 5.3 # Apastambasmriti 5.3 Āpastambasmṛti 5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.5.3) caturthasya to varṇasya prāyaścittaṃ na vai bhavet vrataṃ nāsti tapo nāsti homo naiva ca vidyate > For the fourth social class, however, there is indeed no penance; / there is no religious observance, no ascetic toil, and no fire oblation whatsoever found. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.5.2) - [Next: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.5.4) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba~en-mt.5.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Āpastambasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.apastambasamhita.73) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭādaśasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.astadasasmrti.18.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.5.3) · Pramāṇa