[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) › 53.1 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 53.1 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 53.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.53.1) athāgamyāgamane mahāvratavidhānenābdaṃ cīravāsā vane prājāpatyaṃ kuryāt || > One who has (unawares) had illicit sexual intercourse, must perform the Prâgâpatya penance for a year, according to the rule of the Mahâvrata, clad in a garment of bark, and living in a forest. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 52.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.52.17) - [Next: 53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.53.2) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.53) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.53.1) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.53.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.53.1) · Pramāṇa