[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) › 218 # Vedavyasasmriti 218 Vedavyāsasmṛti 218 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.218) brahmabījasamut‌panno mantrasaṃskāravarjjitaḥ . jātimātropajīvī ca sa bhaved‌brāhmaṇaḥ samaḥ .. 4.41 .. > Born of brahmin seed, devoid of sacred mantras and sacraments, > and subsisting merely by his caste—such a one is an ordinary brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.217) - [Next: 219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.219) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.218) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.41) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.43) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.218) · Pramāṇa