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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 48.22

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 48.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [48.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.48.22)

bāladhūrtam adharmaṃ ca rājadvārakṛtaṃ ca yat  
suvarṇastainyam avrātyam ayājyasya ca yājanam  
brāhmaṇānāṃ parīvādaṃ punīdhvaṃ ca yavā mama //

> 'Purify me, O ye barley-corns, from the sin of injuring a child or of causing (a punishment) to be inflicted on some one by the king, from theft of gold (or other high crimes), from the violation of a religious duty, from performing a sacrifice for an unworthy person, and from abusing a Brâhmana.'  
> — 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.48.22) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.173.9) — Sanskrit

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