[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) › [Vedavyasasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti) › 197 # Vedavyasasmriti 197 Vedavyāsasmṛti 197 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.197) yadi nāma na dharmmāya na kāmāya na kīrttaye . yat‌ parityajya gantavyaṃ taddhanaṃ kiṃ na dīyate .. 4.20 .. > If it is indeed neither for dharma, nor for pleasure, nor for fame, > why is that wealth not given away, which must be left behind upon departing? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.196) - [Next: 198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.198) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.197) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.20) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.7.p85) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Dānasāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.danasagara.4.6) — Ballālasena, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.197) · Pramāṇa