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# Dakshasmriti 4.11

Dakṣasmṛti 4.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.4.11)

saśaṅkā vālabhāve tu yauvane vimukhī bhavet  
tṛṇavanmanyate paścādvṛddhabhāve svakaṃ patim

> Full of fear in girlhood, in youth she turns away, / and later in old age she considers her own husband like a blade of grass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa~en-mt.4.11) — English, machine translation

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- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.29.10) — Sanskrit

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