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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 43.40

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 43.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [43.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.43.40)

andhakāreṣu tiṣṭhanti dāruṇeṣu tathā kvacit  
krimibhir bhakṣyamāṇāś ca vahnituṇḍaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ //

> Here, enveloped in terrible darkness, they are devoured by worms and (jackals and other) horrible animals having flames in their mouth.  
> — 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.43.40) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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