[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) › [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) › [Mitakshara (Rijumitakshara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara) › 1.10.16 # The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.10.16 Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 1.10.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.16) karmaniṣṭhās taponiṣṭhāḥ pañcāgnir brahmacāriṇaḥ | pitṛmātṛparāś caiva brāhmaṇāḥ śrāddhasaṃpadaḥ || > Devoted to rituals, devoted to austerities, maintaining the five fires, celibate students, / and those devoted to their mother and father: \[such\] Brahmins are the perfection of a śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.15) - [Next: 1.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.17) - [Up: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara~en-mt.1.10.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.16) · Pramāṇa