[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) › 25.16 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 25.16 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 25.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25.16) patyau jīvati yā yoṣid upavāsavrataṃ caret āyuḥ sā harate bhartur narakaṃ caiva gacchati // > A woman who keeps a fast or performs a penance in the lifetime of her lord, deprives her husband of his life, and will go to hell. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25.15) - [Next: 25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25.17) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.25.16) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Samayapradīpa (Śrīdatta Upādhyāya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.suddhadvaita.vitthala.samayapradipa-sridatta-upadhyaya.p165) — Śrīdatta Upādhyāya, Sanskrit - [Samayapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.samayapradipa.p165) — Viṭhṭhaladīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25.16) · Pramāṇa