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# Vedavyasasmriti 223

Vedavyāsasmṛti 223

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.223)

brāhmaṇā yena jīvanti nānyo varṇaḥ kathañcana .  
īdṛk‌pathamupasthāya ko'nyastaṃ tyaktumut‌sahet .. 4.46 ..

> Brahmins are that by which people live, no other class in any way;  
> having approached such a path, who else would dare abandon it?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.223) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.46) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.48) — Sanskrit

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