Vishnupurana 1.5.50
Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 1.5.50
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- Sanskrit
1.5.50
oṣadhyaḥ phalamūlinyo romabhyas tasya jajñire
tretāyugamukhe brahmā kalpasyādau dvijottama
sṛṣṭvā paśvoṣadhīḥ samyag yuyoja sa tadādhvare //
The divine Brahmá, influenced by their material energies, having created these beings, made others of his own will. Birds he formed from his vital vigour; sheep from his breast; goats from his mouth; kine from his belly and sides; and horses, elephants, Sarabhas, Gayals, deer, camels, mules, antelopes, and other animals, from his feet: whilst from the hairs of his body sprang herbs, roots, and fruits.
Brahmá having created, in the commencement of the Kalpa, various plants, employed them in sacrifices, in the beginning of the Tretá age. Animals were distinguished into two classes, domestic (village) and wild (forest): the first class contained the cow, the goat, the hog, the sheep, the horse, the ass, the mule: the latter, all beasts of prey, and many animals with cloven hoofs, the elephant, and the monkey. The fifth order were the birds; the sixth, aquatic animals; and the seventh, reptiles and insects.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Ṭoḍarānanda — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit