[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) › 21.12 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 21.12 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 21.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.21.12) saṃvatsarānte pretāya tatpitre tatpitāmahāya tatprapitāmahāya ca brāhmaṇān devapūrvān bhojayet || > At the close of the year let him give food to the Brâhmanas, after having fed the gods first, in honour of the deceased and of his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.21.11) - [Next: 21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.21.13) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.21) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.21.12) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Smṛtisāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtisaroddhara.2.p1.2) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p1.2) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.21.12) · Pramāṇa