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# Vedavyasasmriti 189

Vedavyāsasmṛti 189

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.189)

mātāpitroḥ paraṃ tīrthaṃ gaṅgā gāvo viśeṣataḥ .  
brāhmaṇāt paramaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati .. 4.12 ..

> The greatest pilgrimage site is mother and father, and Gaṅgā and cows especially;  
> there is not, nor will there be, a pilgrimage site greater than a brahmin.  
> — 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.189) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.12) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.12) — Sanskrit

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