[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 51.61 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.61 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [51.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.61) yajñārthaṃ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayam eva svayaṃbhuvā yajño hi bhūtyai sarvasya tasmād yajñe vadho 'vadhaḥ // > It is for sacrifices that beasts have been created by the Self-existent (Brahman) himself. Sacrificing causes the whole universe to prosper; therefore is the slaughter (of beasts) for a sacrifice no slaughter. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 51.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.60) - [Next: 51.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.62) - [Up: 51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.51.61) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita) — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Vaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita-alias-vinayakapandita) — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.664) — P. V. Kane, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.61) · Pramāṇa