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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 54.34

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 54.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [54.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.34)

anuktaniṣkṛtīnāṃ tu pāpānām apanuttaye  
śaktiṃ cāvekṣya pāpaṃ ca prāyaścittaṃ prakalpyet //

> In order to remove those sins for which no particular mode of expiation has been mentioned, penances must be prescribed, which shall be in accordance with the ability of the offender, and with the heaviness of his offence.  
> — 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.54.34) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.209) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtimuktāphala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtimuktaphala.7.7.8) — Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita 1575, Sanskrit

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