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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 20.53

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 20.53

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.20.53)

avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam avikāryo 'yam ucyate  
tasmād evaṃ viditvainaṃ nānuśocitum arhatha //

> It is (further) said to be immaterial, passing all thought, and immutable. Knowing the self of man to be such, you must not grieve (for the destruction of his body).  
> — 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.20.53) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.238.1.p1) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit

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