[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) › 57 # Vedavyasasmriti 57 Vedavyāsasmṛti 57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.57) pāṭito'yaṃ dvijāḥ pūrvvamekadehaḥ svayambhūvā . patayo'rddhena cārddhena patryo'bhūvanniti śrutiḥ .. 2.13 .. > O twice-born, this single body was formerly split in two by the Self-born: / by one half became husbands, and by the other half wives—so says the śruti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.56) - [Next: 58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.58) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.57) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.13) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.115.13) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.57) · Pramāṇa