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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 1.2

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 1.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.1.2)

jalakrīḍāruci śubhaṃ kalpādhiṣu yathā purā  
vārāham āsthito rūpam ujjahāra vasuṃdharām //

> Assumed the shape of a boar, delighting to sport in water, as at the beginning of each former Kalpa, and raised up the earth (from the water).  
> — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.1.2) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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