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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 54.31

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 54.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [54.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.31)

enasvibhir nirṇiktair nārthaṃ kiṃcit samācaret  
kṛtanirṇejanāṃś caitān na jugupseta dharmavit //

> With sinners, who have not expiated their crime, let a man not transact business of any kind. But a man who knows the law must not blame (or shun) those who have expiated it.  
> — 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.54.31) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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