[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) › 17 # The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 17 Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.17) etaduccārayanmartyo brahmabhūyāya kalpate brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca sarvamomiti cocyate > Uttering this, a mortal is fitted for the state of Brahman. / Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra—all is said to be Om. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.16) - [Next: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti~en-mt.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.17) · Pramāṇa