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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 20.49

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 20.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.20.49)

dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā  
tahtā dehāntaraprāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati //

> As the body of mortals undergoes (successively the vicissitudes of) infancy, youth, and old age, even so will it be transformed into another body (hereafter); a sensible man is not mistaken about that.  
> — 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.20.49) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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