[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) › 40 # Vedavyasasmriti 40 Vedavyāsasmṛti 40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.40) vyatikramādasampūrṇamanahaṅkutirācaret . paratreha ca tad‌brahma anadhītamapi dvijam . yastūpanayanādetadā mṛtyorvratamācaret .. 1.39 .. > Free from pride, he should make up for any transgression that is incomplete. / In the next world and in this one, that sacred lore \[protects\] the twice-born even if unstudied. / But whoever observes this vow from initiation until death, // 1.39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.39) - [Next: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.39) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.114.40) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.40) · Pramāṇa