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# Apastambasmriti 9.7

Āpastambasmṛti 9.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.9.7)

ye pratyavasitā viprāḥ prabrajyāgnijalādiṣu  
anāśakanivṛttāśca gṛhasthatvaṃ cikīrṣataḥ

> Those Brahmins who have apostatized from renunciation, \[suicide by\] fire, water, and the like, / or have turned back from fasting unto death, wishing to become householders,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba~en-mt.9.7) — English, machine translation

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- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.20.7) — Sanskrit

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