[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) › 58 # Vedavyasasmriti 58 Vedavyāsasmṛti 58 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.58) yāvanna vindate jāyāṃ tāvadarddho bhavet pumān . nārddhaṃ prajāyate sarvvaṃ prajāyatetyapi śrutiḥ .. 2.14 .. > As long as a man does not obtain a wife, so long is he half. / A half does not reproduce; the whole reproduces—so also says the śruti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.57) - [Next: 59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.59) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.58) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vallālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.13.57) — Ānandabhaṭṭa 1510, Sanskrit - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.58) · Pramāṇa