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# The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 19

Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.19)

yasya yādṛgvidho bhāvastasya tādṛgvidho hariḥ  
bhave bhavanaviśvātmā bhūtānāṃ hitakāmyayā

> Whatever sort of disposition one has, Hari is of that very sort to him. / Hari, the self of the world in existence, out of a desire for the welfare of beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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