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# Vedavyasasmriti 212

Vedavyāsasmṛti 212

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.212)

brāhmaṇātikramo nāsti vipre vedavivarjjite .  
jvalantamagnimut‌mṛjya na hi bhasmani hūyate .. 4.35 ..

> There is no passing over a brahmin in the case of a brahmin devoid of the Veda;  
> abandoning a blazing fire, one surely does not make offerings into ashes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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