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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 43.44

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 43.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [43.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.43.44)

bhagnapṛṣṭhaśirogrīvāḥ sūcīkaṇṭhāḥ sudāruṇāḥ  
kūṭāgārapramāṇaiś ca śarīrair yātanākṣamaiḥ //

> Their backs, heads, and shoulders are fractured, the necks of these poor beings are not stouter than a needle, and their bodies, of a size fit for a hut only, are unable to bear torments.  
> — 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.43.44) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.5.101.24) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.39.191) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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