[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) › 7.42 # Dakshasmriti 7.42 Dakṣasmṛti 7.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.42) nīrujaśca yuvā caiva brahmacaryyādvinaśyati brahmacaryyādvinaṣṭastu kulañcaiva tu nāśayet > And a young man who is free of disease falls away from celibacy; / and having fallen from celibacy, he would destroy his family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.41) - [Next: 7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.43) - [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.7.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.32.40) — Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.19.p74) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.42) · Pramāṇa