{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe48/sbe48484.htm","path":"hin/sbe48/sbe48484.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe48/sbe48484.htm","text":"37. Smriti also states this.\nSmriti also declares that men not belonging to an \u00e2srama grow in knowledge through prayer and the like. 'Through prayer also a Br\u00e2hmana may become perfect. May he perform other works or not, one who befriends all creatures is called a Br\u00e2hmana' (Manu Smri. II, 17).","title":"SBE 48: The Vedanta-Sutras with commentary by Ramanuja, George Thibaut, tr.: Fourth P\u00e2da: 37. Smriti also states this","type":"page"}