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# The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 34

Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.34)

brahmayonirhi viśvasya sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu  
caturbhiśca caturbhiśca dvābhyāṃ pañcabhirevaca

> the womb of Brahman of the universe—may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me! / By four, and by four, and by two, and by five,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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