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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 43.39

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 43.39

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [43.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.43.39)

kvacid vāntam athāśnanti kvacit pūyam asṛk kvacit  
kvacid viṣṭhāṃ kvacin māṃsaṃ pūyagandhi sudāruṇam //

> In one place they (are made to) eat what has been vomited, or pus, or blood, or excrements, and in another place, meat of a hideous kind, smelling like pus.  
> — 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.43.39) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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