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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 29.7

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 29.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.29.7)

adharmeṇa ca yaḥ prāha yaś cādharmeṇa pṛcchati  
tayor anyataraḥ praiti vidveṣaṃ vādhigacchati //

> If one answers improperly, or the other asks improperly, that one (or both) will perish or incur hatred.  
> — 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.29.7) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita) — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
- [Vaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita-alias-vinayakapandita) — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.111) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.7.1.146) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.219) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit

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