[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) › 4.12 # Vyasasmriti 4.12 Vyāsasmṛti 4.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.12) mātāpitroḥ paraṃ tīrthaṃ gaṅgā gāvo viśeṣataḥ brāhmaṇāt paramaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati > Mother and father are the supreme sacred ford; especially the Gaṅgā and cows; / a sacred ford higher than a brahmin has never been, nor will ever be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.11) - [Next: 4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.13) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa~en-mt.4.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.189) — Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.12) · Pramāṇa