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# Dakshasmriti 1.11

Dakṣasmṛti 1.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.1.11)

jape home tathā dāne svādhyāye ca ratastu yaḥ  
nāsau tatphalamāpnoti kurvāṇo'pyāśramāccyutaḥ  
trayāṇāmānulomyaṃ hi prātilomyaṃ na vidyate

> One who is devoted to muttered recitation, fire offering, gift, and Vedic self-recitation, / fallen from his stage of life, does not attain its fruit even while performing it. / Indeed, progression for the three is in direct order, never in reverse order.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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