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# Vedavyasasmriti 219

Vedavyāsasmṛti 219

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.219)

garbhādhānādibhirmmantrairvedopanayanena ca .  
nādhyāpayati nādhīte sa bhaved‌brāhmaṇabruvaḥ .. 4.42 ..

> Endowed with sacred mantras from conception onward and initiation into the Veda,  
> yet he neither teaches nor studies—such a one is a nominal brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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