[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) › 16 # The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 16 Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.16) pumān vimucyate sadyaḥ siṃhatrastairmṛgairiva omityeva paraṃ brahma śāśvataṃ paramavyayam > is instantly freed from all sins, just like deer terrified by a lion. / Om alone is the supreme Brahman, eternal, ultimate, imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.15) - [Next: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti~en-mt.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.16) · Pramāṇa