[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) › 8.21 # Apastambasmriti 8.21 Āpastambasmṛti 8.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.8.21) dravyapāṇiśca śūdreṇa spṛṣṭocchiṣṭena karhicit taddvijena na bhoktavyamāpastambo'bravīnmuniḥ > And if one holding goods is touched at any time by a Śūdra polluted by food or saliva, / that should not be eaten by a twice-born man: so spoke the sage Āpastamba. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.8.21.p1) ityāpastambīye dharmmaśāstre'ṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eighth chapter in the Dharmaśāstra of Āpastamba. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba~en-mt.8.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.8.21) · Pramāṇa