[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) › 4.2 # Vyasasmriti 4.2 Vyāsasmṛti 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.2) gṛhāśramāt paro dharmo nāsti nāsti punaḥ punaḥ sarvatīrthaphalaṃ tasya yathoktaṃ yastu pālayet > There is no socio-religious duty higher than the householder stage of life—none, again and again! / The fruit of all sacred fords belongs to him who maintains it as declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.3) - [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.4.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.179) — Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.2) · Pramāṇa