[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) › 7.54 # Dakshasmriti 7.54 Dakṣasmṛti 7.54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.54) śrāvayitvā tvidaṃ śāstraṃ śrāddhakāle'pi vā dvijaḥ akṣayaṃ bhavati śrāddhaṃ pitṛbhyaścopajāyate > If a twice-born recites this treatise even at the time of an ancestral rite, / the ancestral rite becomes imperishable and brings benefit to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.54.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.54.p1) iti dākṣe dharmaśāstre saptamo'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the seventh chapter in the Dharma treatise of Dakṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.54.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.54.p2) samāptā ceyaṃ dakṣasmṛtiḥ > And thus concludes the Dakṣasmṛti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa~en-mt.7.54) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.32.52) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.7.54) · Pramāṇa