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# Vyasasmriti 4.29

Vyāsasmṛti 4.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.29)

mātāpitṛṣu yaddadyād bhrātṛṣu śvaśureṣu ca  
jāyāpatyeṣu yaddadyāt so'nantaḥ svargasaṃkramaḥ

> What one gives to mother and father, to brothers, to father-in-law, / and what one gives to wife and children—that is an endless passage to heaven.  
> — 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.4.29) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.206) — Sanskrit
- [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.217) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English

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