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# Vedavyasasmriti 186

Vedavyāsasmṛti 186

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.186)

viprapādodakaklinnā yāvattiṣṭhati medinī .  
tāvat puṣkarapātreṣu pivanti pitaro'mṛtam .. 4.9 ..

> As long as the earth remains moist with the water from a brahmin's feet,  
> so long do the ancestors drink nectar from lotus leaves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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