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# Vedavyasasmriti 179

Vedavyāsasmṛti 179

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.179)

gṛhāśramāt paro dharmmo nāsti nāsti punaḥ punaḥ .  
sarvatīrtha phalaṃ tasya yathoktaṃ yastu pālayet .. 4.2 ..

> There is no higher dharma than the householder stage of life—truly there is not! / For him who observes it as declared, the fruit of all sacred fords is his.  
> — 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.179) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.2) — Sanskrit

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