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# Vyasasmriti 4.16

Vyāsasmṛti 4.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.16)

yaddadāti viśiṣṭebhyo yaccāśnāti dine dine  
tacca vittamahaṃ manye śeṣaṃ kasyābhirakṣati

> What he gives to distinguished men and what he eats day after day, / that alone I consider \[true\] wealth; for whom does he guard the rest?  
> — 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.4.16) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.193) — Sanskrit

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