[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) › 2.3 # Dakshasmriti 2.3 Dakṣasmṛti 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.3) yaḥ svakarma parityajya yadanyatkurute dvijaḥ ajñānādyadi vā mohātsa tena patito bhavet > A twice-born who abandons his own duty and performs another, / whether through ignorance or delusion, becomes fallen on that account. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.4) - [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.2.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Pāñcarātrarakṣā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.pancaratraraksa.3.40) — Vedāntadeśika, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.27.3) — Sanskrit - [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.1.p603) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.9.p3) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.1.p4.4) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.3) · Pramāṇa