[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) › 51.67 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.67 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.67 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [51.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.67) yā vedavihitā hiṃsā niyatāsmiṃś carācare ahiṃsām eva tāṃ vidyād vedād dharmo hi nirbabhau // > That slaughter which is in accordance with the precepts of the Veda, and has been fixed for this world of movable and immovable creatures, should be considered as no slaughter at all; because it is from the Veda that law shines forth. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 51.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.66) - [Next: 51.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.68) - [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.51.67) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.44) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.11.p201) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.67) · Pramāṇa