[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) › 5.4 # Dakshasmriti 5.4 Dakṣasmṛti 5.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.5.4) aśaucāddhi varaṃ bāhyaṃ tasmādābhyantaraṃ varam ubhābhyāñca śuciryastu sa śucirnetaraḥ śuciḥ > Indeed, external \[purity\] is better than impurity, and internal is better than that; / he who is pure by both, he is pure, not any other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.5.3) - [Next: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.5.5) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa~en-mt.5.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.5.4) · Pramāṇa