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# Vyasasmriti 4.62

Vyāsasmṛti 4.62

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.62)

yadyekapaṅktyāṃ viṣamaṃ dadāti snehādbhayādvā yadi vārthahetoḥ  
vedeṣu dṛṣṭaṃ ṛṣibhiśca gītam tadbrahmahatyāṃ munayo vadanti

> If one distributes unequally in a single dining row, whether from affection, fear, or for wealth, / it is seen in the Vedas and sung by the sages: the sages declare that the killing of a brahmin.  
> — 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.4.62) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (5)

- [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.238) — Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.63) — Sanskrit
- [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.181.p293) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.181.p293) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.185.p319) — Hemādri, Sanskrit

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