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# The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 18

Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.18)

sampanne'surasaṃthāne namyate ca mumukṣubhiḥ  
mokṣaśca jñānināṃ prokto mohaścājñānināṃ smṛtaḥ

> When it is perfected, \[…\] He is bowed to by seekers of liberation; / liberation is declared for the knowing, while delusion is taught for the unknowing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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