[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) › [Vyasasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa) › 1.5 # Vyasasmriti 1.5 Vyāsasmṛti 1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.5) brāhmaṇaḥkṣatriyovaiśyastrayo varṇā dvijātayaḥ śrutismṛtipurāṇoktadharmayogyāstu netare > The brahmin, the Kṣatriya, and the Vaiśya: these three social classes are the twice-born; > they are entitled to the socio-religious duty taught in revealed scripture, remembered tradition, and the Purāṇas, but others are not. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.6) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa~en-mt.1.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.258) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.5) · Pramāṇa