[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) › 2.9 # Vyasasmriti 2.9 Vyāsasmṛti 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.9) tyajannaduṣṭāṃ daṇḍyaḥ syāddūṣayaṃścāpyadūṣitām tāvanna duṣṭaṃ duṣṭaṃ ca svārthebhyo bhedayaṃśca tat ūḍhāyāṃ hi savarṇāyāmanyā vā kāmamudvahet > One who abandons an unblemished maiden should be fined, as also one who defames an unblemished one; > he who does not declare a flaw to be flawed, or who alters that for his own purposes \[should be fined\]. > Once a woman of the same social class has been married, he may at will marry another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.8) - [Next: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.10) - [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.2.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.53) — Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.115.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.2.9) · Pramāṇa