[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) › 4.18 # Vyasasmriti 4.18 Vyāsasmṛti 4.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.18) kiṃ dhanena kariṣyanti dehino'pi gatāyuṣaḥ yadvarddhayitumicchantastaccharīramaśāśvatam > What will embodied beings whose life is spent do with wealth, / wishing to sustain that body which is impermanent? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.17) - [Next: 4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.19) - [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.4.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.195) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.18) · Pramāṇa