[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) › 7.43 # Dakshasmriti 7.43 Dakṣasmṛti 7.43 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.43) vasannāvasathe bhikṣurmaithunaṃ yadi sevate tasyāvasathanāthasya mūlānyapi nikṛntati > If a mendicant indulges in sexual intercourse while dwelling in a shelter, / he cuts away the very roots of the master of that shelter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.42) - [Next: 7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.44) - [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.7.43) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.32.41) — Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.19.p75) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.43) · Pramāṇa