[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) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti) › 11 # The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 11 Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.11) kiṃ ca japyaṃ japennityaṃ kalyamutthāya mānavāḥ kathaṃ yuñjan sadā dhyāyan brūhi tattvaṃ sanātanam > And what prayer should a person recite daily upon rising at dawn? / Practicing how, meditating continually? Tell me the eternal truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.11.p1) bhīṣma uvāca > Bhīṣma said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.11.p2) śrutvā tasya tu devarṣervākyaṃ vācaspatiḥ svayam > Having heard the words of that divine sage, the Lord of speech Himself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.11.p3) provāca bhagavān viṣṇurnāradaṃ varadaḥ prabhuḥ > the Lord Viṣṇu, the boon-granting sovereign, spoke to Nārada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.11.p4) śrībhagavānuvāca > The Blessed Lord said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti~en-mt.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.210.7) — Sanskrit - [Viṣṇudharma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharma.1.68.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.11) · Pramāṇa