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# Vedavyasasmriti 235

Vedavyāsasmṛti 235

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.235)

śateṣu jāyate śūraḥ sahasreṣu ca paṇḍitaḥ .  
vaktā śatasahasreṣu dātā bhavati vā na vā .. 4.58 ..

> A hero is born among a hundred, and a learned man among a thousand; / an orator \[is born\] among a hundred thousand, but a donor may or may not exist. .. 4.58 ..  
> — 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.235) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.59) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.60) — Sanskrit

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