[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) › 40.1 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 40.1 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 40.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40.1) ninditebhyo ghanādānaṃ vāṇijyaṃ kusīdajīvanam asatyabhāṣaṇaṃ śūdrasevanam ity apātrīkaraṇam || > Receiving anything from a (Mlekkha or other) despicable person (even though not as a present, but in the form of interest, &c.), traffic (even with articles that are not forbidden to sell), subsisting by money-lending (even without exceeding the legitimate rate of interest), telling lies (even though not in giving evidence), and serving a Sûdra (even though without doing servile acts for him) are crimes rendering unworthy to receive alms. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 39.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.39.2) - [Next: 40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40.2) - [Up: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.40.1) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita.7.1) — Nandapaṇḍita 1622, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40.1) · Pramāṇa