[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) › 51.65 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.65 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.65 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [51.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.65) yajñārtheṣu paśūn hiṃsan vedatattvārthavid dvijaḥ ātmānaṃ ca paśūṃś caiva gamayaty uttamāṃ gatim // > That twice-born man who, knowing the exact truth (promulgated) in the Veda, slays cattle for the sacrifices (ordained in the Veda), will convey himself and the cattle (slain by him) to a blissful abode. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 51.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.64) - [Next: 51.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.66) - [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.51.65) — 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 (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.42) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadviṣṇusmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.laghuvrddha.brhadvisnusmrti.14.65) — Viṣṇu Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.65) · Pramāṇa