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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 44.3

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 44.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.44.3)

mahāpātakināṃ ca krimiyonayaḥ ||

> Mortal sinners enter the bodies of worms or insects.  
> — 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.44.3) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita.11.10) — Nandapaṇḍita 1622, Sanskrit

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