[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) › 91 # Vedavyasasmriti 91 Vedavyāsasmṛti 91 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.91) mahāpātakaduṣṭā ca patigarbhavināśinī . sad‌vṛttacāriṇīṃ patnīṃ tyaktvā patati dharmmataḥ .. 2.47 .. > And \[a wife\] defiled by a major sin, or one who destroys her husband's fetus \[may be abandoned\]; / but by abandoning a wife of virtuous conduct, one falls from dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.90) - [Next: 92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.92) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.91) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.47) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.115.47) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.91) · Pramāṇa