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# Vedavyasasmriti 243

Vedavyāsasmṛti 243

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.243)

amṛtaṃ brāhmaṇānnena dāridraṃ kṣatriyasya ca .  
vaiśyānnena tu śūdrānnaṃ śūdrānnānnarakaṃ vrajet .. 4.66 ..

> Through the food of a brahmin comes nectar; through that of a kṣatriya, poverty; / through the food of a vaiśya comes the food of a śūdra; and through the food of a śūdra one goes to hell. .. 4.66 ..  
> — 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.243) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.66) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.68) — Sanskrit

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