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# The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 37

Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 37

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.37)

yastejayati tejāṃsi sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu  
kāryaṃ kriyā ca karaṇaṃ karttā hetuḥ prayojanam

> He who invigorates their splendors—may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me! / The effect, the action, the instrument, the agent, the cause, the purpose,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti~en-mt.37) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.210.27) — Sanskrit

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