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# Dakshasmriti 6.18

Dakṣasmṛti 6.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.6.18)

svasthakāle tvidaṃ sarvamaśaucaṃ parikīrtitam  
āpadgatasya sarvasya sūtake na tu sūtakam

> This entire impurity has been declared for normal times; / in a birth-and-death impurity, there is no birth-and-death impurity for anyone who has fallen into distress.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.6.18.p1)

iti dākṣe dharmaśāstre ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the sixth chapter in the legal treatise of Dakṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa~en-mt.6.18) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p673) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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