[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) › 51.66 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.66 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.66 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [51.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.66) gṛhe gurāv araṇye vā nivasann ātmavān dvijaḥ nāvedavihitāṃ hiṃsām āpady api samācaret // > A self-controlled man of a twice-born caste, whether he be a householder, or be dwelling with his spiritual teacher, or in the forest, must never slay an animal in opposition to the precepts of the Veda, even in cases of distress. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 51.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.65) - [Next: 51.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.67) - [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.51.66) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.43) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.66) · Pramāṇa