[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) › 47 # The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 47 Viṣṇusmṛti (Smṛtisandarbha) 47 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.47) cintayanto'pi yannityaṃ brahmeśānādayaḥ prabhum niścayaṃ nādhigacchanti tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ > Even while contemplating Him constantly, Brahmā, Īśāna, and the others / do not attain certainty of the Lord—in Him I have taken refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.46) - [Next: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti~en-mt.47) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.210.33) — Sanskrit - [Viṣṇudharma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharma.1.68.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.visnusmrti.47) · Pramāṇa