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# Vishnupurana 1.22.64

Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.22.64

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.22.64)

maitreya uvāca:  
bhūṣaṇāstrasvarūpasthaṃ yad etad akhilaṃ jagat  
bibharti bhagavān viṣṇus tan mamākhyātum arhasi //

> MAITREYA.--Tell me in what manner Vishńu bears the whole world, abiding in his nature, characterised by ornaments and weapons.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.22.8) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.22.p6) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.22.66) — Sanskrit

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