[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) › 1.10.24 # The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.10.24 Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 1.10.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.24) vetanagrahaṇena yo 'dhyāpayati sa bhṛtakādhyāpakaḥ | vetanadānena ca yo 'dhīte so 'pi | klībo napuṃsakaḥ | asadbhiḥ sadbhir vā doṣair yaḥ kanyāṃ dūṣyati sa kanyādūṣī | asatā satā vā brahmahatyādinābhiyukto 'abhiśastaḥ | mitradhruk mitradrohī | paradoṣasaṃkīrtanaśīlaḥ piśunaḥ | somavikrayī yajñe somasya vikretā | parivindakaḥ parivettā | jyeṣṭhe 'kṛtadāre 'kṛtāgniparigrahe vā yaḥ kanīyān dāraparigraham agniparigrahaṃ vā kuryāt sa parivettā | jyeṣṭhas tu parivittiḥ | yathāha manuḥ | > One who teaches by taking wages is "a paid teacher"; and one who studies by paying wages is also \[such a one\]. "An impotent man" is a eunuch. One who defames a maiden with false or true defects is "a defiler of maidens." One who is accused falsely or truthfully of Brahmin-slaughter or the like is "an accused man." "A betrayer of friends" is one who acts treacherously toward friends. One who is inclined to proclaim the faults of others is "an informer." "A seller of soma" is a seller of soma at a sacrifice. A "parivindaka" is a younger brother who marries before his elder brother. When the elder brother has not taken a wife or has not established sacred fires, a younger brother who takes a wife or establishes sacred fires is a parivettā; whereas the elder brother is a parivitti. As Manu says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.23) - [Next: 1.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.25) - [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.1.10.24) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.223) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.24) · Pramāṇa