[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) › 2.46 # Vyasasmriti 2.46 Vyāsasmṛti 2.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.46) bhrūṇahatyāmavāpnoti ṛtau bhāryāparāṅmukhaḥ sā tvavapyānyato garbhaṃ tyājyā bhavati pāpinī > A husband who turns away from his wife during the fertile period incurs the sin of killing an embryo. / But a wife who receives a fetus from another is a sinful woman who must be abandoned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.45) - [Next: 2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.47) - [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.2.46) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.90) — Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.115.46) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.46) · Pramāṇa