[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) › 2.11 # Vyasasmriti 2.11 Vyāsasmṛti 2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.11) udvahet kṣattriyāṃ vipro vaiśyāñca kṣattriyo viśām na tu śūdrāṃ dvijaḥ kaścinnādhamaḥ pūrvavarṇajām > A brahmin may marry a Kṣatriya woman; a Kṣatriya woman may be married by a Vaiśya, \[and a Vaiśya woman by a Vaiśya\]; > no twice-born man may ever marry a Śūdra woman, nor may a man of lower class marry a woman born of a higher class. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.10) - [Next: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.12) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa~en-mt.2.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.55) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.11) · Pramāṇa