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# Dakshasmriti 4.18

Dakṣasmṛti 4.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.4.18)

daridraṃ vyādhitaṃ caiva bharttāraṃ yāvamanyate  
śunī gṛdhrī ca makarī jāyate sā punaḥ punaḥ

> She who scorns a husband who is poor or afflicted by disease / is born again and again as a bitch, a female vulture, and a crocodile.  
> — 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.4.18) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.29.17) — Sanskrit

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