[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) › 38 # The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 38 Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.38) akriyā karaṇī kāryaṃ sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu śamīgarbhasya yo garbhastasya garbhasya yo ripuḥ > inaction, what ought to be done, the work—may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me! / He who is the child of the child of the śamī, and who is the enemy of that child, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.37) - [Next: 39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.39) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti~en-mt.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.38) · Pramāṇa