Vishnupurana 6.2.40
Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 6.2.40
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- Sanskrit
6.2.40
yac cāhaṃ bhavatā pṛṣṭo jagatām upasaṃhṛtim
prākṛtām antarālāṃ ca tām apy eṣa vadāmi te //
The Munis then saluted and praised Vyása, and, being freed by him from uncertainty, departed as they came. To you also, excellent Maitreya, have I imparted this secret, this one great virtue of the otherwise vicious Kali age. The dissolution of the world, and the aggregation of the elements, I will now describe to you.
6.2.40.p1
iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe ṣaṣṭhe 'ṃśe dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
The Munis then saluted and praised Vyása, and, being freed by him from uncertainty, departed as they came. To you also, excellent Maitreya, have I imparted this secret, this one great virtue of the otherwise vicious Kali age. The dissolution of the world, and the aggregation of the elements, I will now describe to you.
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