[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) › 81.20 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 81.20 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 81.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [81.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.81.20) havir guṇān na brāhmaṇā brūyur dātrā pṛṣṭāḥ || > As long as the dishes remain warm, as long as (the Brâhmanas) eat in silence, as long as the qualities of the sacrificial food are not declared by them, so long the manes enjoy it. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 81.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.81.19) - [Next: 81.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.81.21) - [Up: 81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.81) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.81.20) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.81.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.81.20) · Pramāṇa