[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) › 51.68 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.68 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.68 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [51.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.68) yo 'hiṃsakāni bhūtāni hinasty ātmasukhecchayā sa jīvaṃś ca mṛtaś caiva na kvacit sukham edhate // > He who hurts animals that do not hurt any one, merely in order to afford pleasure to himself, will never obtain happiness, whether living or dead. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 51.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.67) - [Next: 51.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.69) - [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.51.68) — 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 (4) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.45) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.334) — P. V. Kane, English - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.11.p202) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadviṣṇusmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.laghuvrddha.brhadvisnusmrti.14.68) — Viṣṇu Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.68) · Pramāṇa