[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) › 238 # Vedavyasasmriti 238 Vedavyāsasmṛti 238 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.238) yadyekapaṅaktyāṃ viṣamaṃdadāti snehādbhayādvā yadi vārthahetoḥ . vedeṣu dṛṣṭaṃ ṛṣibhiśca gītaṃ tad‌brahmahatyāṃ munayo vadanti .. 4.61 .. > If one distributes \[food\] unequally in a single row, whether out of affection, fear, or for the sake of wealth, / it is seen in the Vedas and sung by the sages; the sages declare that to be the killing of a brahmin. .. 4.61 .. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.237) - [Next: 239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.239) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.238) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.62) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.63) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.238) · Pramāṇa