[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) › 55 # Vedavyasasmriti 55 Vedavyāsasmṛti 55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.55) udvahet kṣatriyāṃ vipro vaiśyāñca kṣatriyo viśām . sa tu śūdro dvijaḥ kaścinnādhamaḥ pūrvvavarṇajām .. 2.11 .. > A brahmin may marry a kṣatriya woman, a kṣatriya a vaiśya woman, and a vaiśya a śūdra woman; / but a twice-born man may never marry a lowborn woman born of a higher class. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.54) - [Next: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.56) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.55) · Pramāṇa