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# Vedavyasasmriti 164

Vedavyāsasmṛti 164

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.164)

vāgadūṣitamavijñātamanyapīr̤iktakāryyāpi .  
dūtebhyo'nnamadattvā ca tadannaṃ gṛhiṇo dahet .. 3.62 ..

> Food spoiled by words, unknown, or prepared under distress, / and food not given to messengers—that burns up the householder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.164) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.3.60) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.116.66) — Sanskrit

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