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# Vedavyasasmriti 209

Vedavyāsasmṛti 209

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.209)

kiñcidvedabhayaṃ pātraṃ kiñcit pātraṃ tapomayam .  
pātrāṇāmuttamaṃ pātraṃ śūdrānnaṃ yasya nodare .. 4.32 ..

> One worthy vessel consists of the Veda, another consists of ascetic toil;  
> the best of all worthy vessels is he in whose belly there is no food of a śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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