[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 1.15.83 # Vishnupurana 1.15.83 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.15.83 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.15.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.83) kāniṣṭhyaṃ jyaiṣṭhyam apy eṣāṃ pūrvaṃ nābhūd dvijottama tapa eva garīyo 'bhūt prabhāvaś caiva kāraṇam // > PARÁŚARA.--Birth and death are constant in all creatures: Rishis and sages, possessing divine vision, are not perplexed by this. Daksha and the other eminent Munis are present in every age, and in the interval of destruction cease to be: of this the wise man entertains no doubt. Amongst them of old there was neither senior nor junior; rigorous penance and acquired power were the sole causes of any difference of degree amongst these more than human beings. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.15.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.82) - [Next: 1.15.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.84) - [Up: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.15.10) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.15.p1.9) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.15.84) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.15.83) · Pramāṇa