[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) › 7.18 # Dakshasmriti 7.18 Dakṣasmṛti 7.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.18) valena pararāṣṭrāṇi gṛhṇan śūrastu nocyate jito yenendriyagrāmaḥ sa śūraḥ kathyate budhaiḥ > One who captures foreign realms by force is not called a hero; / he by whom the host of sense-organs has been conquered is called a hero by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.17) - [Next: 7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.19) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa~en-mt.7.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.32.18) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.27.p332) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.18) · Pramāṇa