[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) › 25.17 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 25.17 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 25.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25.17) mṛte bhartari sādhvī strī brahmacarye vyavasthitā svargaṃ gacchaty aputrāpi yathā te brahmacāriṇaḥ // > A good wife, who perseveres in a chaste life after the death of her lord, will go to heaven like (perpetual) students, even though she has no son. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25.16) - [Next: 26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.26.1) - [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.25.17) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.49.4) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.25.17) · Pramāṇa