[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) › [Dakshasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa) › 1.14 # Dakshasmriti 1.14 Dakṣasmṛti 1.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.1.14) yasyaitallakṣaṇaṃ nāsti prāyaścittī nacāśramī ukta karma kramonokto na kālo munibhiḥ smṛtaḥ dvijānāntu hitārthāya dakṣastu svayamabravīt > He who lacks this characteristic is in need of expiation and has no stage of life. / The sequence of rituals had not been spoken, nor the time recorded by the sages; / Dakṣa himself spoke it for the benefit of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.14.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.1.14.p1) iti dākṣe dharmaśāstre prathamo'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the first chapter in the treatise on dharma by Dakṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa~en-mt.1.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.26.14) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.1.14) · Pramāṇa