[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) › 26.3 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 26.3 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 26.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.26.3) samānavarṇāyā abhāve tv anantarayaivāpdi ca || > On failure of a wife of his own caste (he shall perform them) with one belonging to the caste next below his own; so also in cases of distress (i.e. when the wife who is equal in caste to him happens to be absent, or when she has met with a calamity); > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.26.2) - [Next: 26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.26.4) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.26) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.26.3) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.26.3) · Pramāṇa