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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.62

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.62

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [51.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.62)

na tādṛśaṃ bhavaty eno mṛgahantur dhanārthinaḥ  
yādṛśaṃ bhavati pretya vṛthā māṃsāni khādataḥ //

> The sin of him who kills deer for the sake of gain, is not so great (and visited less heavily) in the world to come, than the sin of him who eats meat which has not been offered to the gods.  
> — 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.51.62) — 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)

- [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.11.p190) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit

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