[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) › 67.31 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 67.31 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 67.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [67.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.31) yathā varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ prabhur yathā strīṇāṃ bhartā tathā gṛhasthasyātithiḥ || > As the Brâhmanas are lords over all other castes, and as a husband is lord over his wives, a guest is the lord of a householder. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 67.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.30) - [Next: 67.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.32) - [Up: 67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.67.31) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p193) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.31) · Pramāṇa