[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) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 19.4 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 19.4 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 19.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.19.4) na dvijaṃ pitaram api śūdrāḥ || > But Sûdras must never carry out a member of a twice-born caste, even though he be their father. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.19.3) - [Next: 19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.19.5) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.19) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.19.4) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.19.4) · Pramāṇa