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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 20.52

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 20.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.20.52)

acchedyo 'yam adāhyo 'yam akledyo 'śoṣya eva ca  
nityaḥ satatagaḥ sthāṇur acalo 'yaṃ sanātanaḥ //

> It is not to be hurt, not to be burnt, not to be moistened, and not to be dried up; it is imperishable, perpetual, unchanging, immovable, without beginning.  
> — 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.20.52) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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