[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) › 51.71 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.71 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [51.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.71) nākṛtvā prāṇināṃ hiṃsāṃ māṃsam utpadyate kvacit na ca prāṇivadhaḥ svargyas tasmān māṃsaṃ vivarjayet // > Meat cannot be obtained without injuring an animal, and the murder of animals excludes the murderer from heaven, therefore must meat be avoided. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 51.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.70) - [Next: 51.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.72) - [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.51.71) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.48) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra (ed. G. Bühler)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha*buhler.4.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.71) · Pramāṇa