[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) › 55.4 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 55.4 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 55.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.55.4) vratenāghamarṣaṇena ca surāpaḥ pūto bhavati || > By performing the same rite and by muttering (while standing in the water) the Aghamarshana (instead of stopping his breath), a drinker of spirituous liquor becomes free from sin. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.55.3) - [Next: 55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.55.5) - [Up: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.55) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.55.4) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.55.4) · Pramāṇa