[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) › 198 # Vedavyasasmriti 198 Vedavyāsasmṛti 198 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.198) jīvanti jīvite yasya vipra mitrāṇi bāndhavāḥ . jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ tasya ātmārthe ko na jīvati .. 4.21 .. > O brahmin, he by whose life friends and relatives live, > his life is fruitful; who does not live for his own sake? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.197) - [Next: 199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.199) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.198) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.21) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.198) · Pramāṇa