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# Vyasasmriti 4.66

Vyāsasmṛti 4.66

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.4.66)

gṛdhro dvādaśa janmāni sapta janmāni śūkaraḥ  
śvā caiva sapta janmāni ityevaṃ manurabravīt  
amṛtaṃ brāhmaṇānnena dāridraṃ kṣatriyasya ca

> A vulture for twelve births, a boar for seven births, / and a dog for seven births—thus Manu has declared. / Immortality comes from a brahmin's food, and poverty from a Kṣatriya's;  
> — 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.4.66) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.243) — Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.117.67) — Sanskrit

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