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# Vyasasmriti 4.52

Vyāsasmṛti 4.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.52)

vedapūrṇamukhaṃ vipraṃ subhuktamapi bhojayet  
naca mūrkhaṃ nirāhāraṃ ṣaḍrātramupavāsinam

> One should feed a brahmin whose mouth is full of the Veda, even if he has already eaten well; / and not a fool, even if he has had no food and fasted for six nights.  
> — 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.4.52) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.229) — Sanskrit
- [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.1.p65) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
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