[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) › 22 # The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 22 Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.22) ta eva sṛjate lokān sṛṣṭikāle jagatprabhuḥ tejāṃsi yena divyante mahotpannena tejasā > He alone creates the worlds at the time of creation, the Lord of the world, / through whom the luminous bodies shine with a great radiance that has arisen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.21) - [Next: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti~en-mt.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.22) · Pramāṇa