Vishnupurana 1.5.1-2
Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.5.1-2
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.5.1
maitreya uvāca:
yathā sasarja devo 'sau devarṣipitṛdānavān
manuṣyatiryagvṛkṣādīn bhūvyomasalilaukasaḥ //
MAITREYA.--Now unfold to me, Brahman, how this deity created the gods, sages, progenitors, demons, men, animals, trees, and the rest, that abide on earth, in heaven, or in the waters: how Brahmá at creation made the world with the qualities, the characteristics, and the forms of things.
1.5.2
yadguṇaṃ yatsvabhāvaṃ ca yadrūpaṃ ca jagad dvija
sargādau sṛṣṭavān brahmā tan mamācakṣva vistarāt //
MAITREYA.--Now unfold to me, Brahman, how this deity created the gods, sages, progenitors, demons, men, animals, trees, and the rest, that abide on earth, in heaven, or in the waters: how Brahmá at creation made the world with the qualities, the characteristics, and the forms of things.
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