[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) › 2.19 # Dakshasmriti 2.19 Dakṣasmṛti 2.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.19) sa jīvanneva śūdraḥ syānmṛtaḥ śvā caiva jāyate sandhyāhīno'śucirnityamanarhaḥ sarvakarmasu > becomes a śūdra while still alive, and when dead is born as a dog. / Lacking the twilight devotion, he is always impure and unfit for all rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.18) - [Next: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.20) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa~en-mt.2.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.15.p10) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.1.p288) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.19) · Pramāṇa