[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) › 30.40 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 30.40 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 30.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.30.40) yaś ca vidyayā yaśaḥ pareṣāṃ hanti || > Neither will he (derive such benefit from it), who uses his knowledge in order to destroy the reputation of others (by defeating them in argument). > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 30.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.30.39) - [Next: 30.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.30.41) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.30) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.30.40) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.30.40) · Pramāṇa