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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 20.51

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 20.51

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.20.51)

nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ  
na cainaṃ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ //

> No weapons will hurt the self of man, no fire burn it, no waters moisten it, and no wind dry it up.  
> — 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.20.51) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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