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# Vyasasmriti 2.16

Vyāsasmṛti 2.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.16)

kṛtadāro'gnipatnībhyāṃ kṛtaveśmā gṛhaṃ vaset  
svakṛtyaṃ vittamāsādya vaitānāgniṃ na hāpayet

> Having taken a wife, with the fire and the wife, having established a household, he should reside in the home;  
> having acquired property suited to his duty, he should not neglect the Vedic sacred fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa~en-mt.2.16) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.60) — Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.115.16) — Sanskrit

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