[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 247.1 # Storia do Mogor 247.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 247.1 - **Language:** English ### [247.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.247.1) They say of Vishnu that he is the second son and the husband of Parachety (Parasakti); and notwithstanding this, they say elsewhere that he is the First Cause, and was married to a woman called Lachime (Lachhml or Lakshmi). The latter they assert to be ox, horse, house, mountain, money—in short, everything in the world that can be wished for. This wife is always carried under his arm, so that she may not take to flight. Vishnu has, they say, been incarnated nine times. The first time was as a fish, for which they assign no reason. The second was as a tortoise; and listen to what followed — to what, as they declare, was its motive. There are in this world, according to them, seven seas. Of these one is of milk, and to obtain the butter the gods brought a mountain of gold \[96\], weighing two hundred and eighty carats. In this mountain are contained fourteen worlds; it is called Magammero Paravadam (Mahameru-parvatam); around it lies a serpent with a thousand heads called Sextera (S'esha), within which, as they say, this world subsists. This serpent the gods used as a rope. Then the giants, always the enemies of the gods, pulled in one direction and the gods in another. Such force did they exert that the whole world shook, and would assuredly have fallen to pieces had not Vishnu noticed this disturbance and turned himself into a tortoise, putting himself beneath the world to sustain it. - [Previous: 246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.246) - [Next: 247.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.247.2) - [Up: 247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.247) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.247.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.247.1) · Pramāṇa