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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.75

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.75

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [51.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.75)

svamāṃsaṃ paramāṃsena yo vardhayitum icchati  
anabhyarcya pitṝn devān na tato 'nyo 'sty apuṇyakṛt //

> There is no greater sinner than he who, without giving their share to the manes and to the gods, wants to increase his own flesh with the flesh of another creature.  
> — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.51.75) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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