[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) › 1.5.47-50 # Vishnupurana 1.5.47-50 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.5.47-50 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.47) etāni sṛṣṭvā bhagavān brahmā tacchakticoditaḥ tataḥ svacchandato 'nyāni vayāṃsi vayaso 'sṛjat // > 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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [1.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.48) avayo vakṣasaś cakre mukhato 'jāḥ sa sṛṣṭavān sṛṣṭavān udarād gāś ca pārśvābhyāṃ ca prajāpatiḥ // > 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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [1.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.49) padbhyāṃ cāśvān samātaṅgān rāsabhān gavayān mṛgān uṣṭrān aśvatarāṃś caiva nyaṅkūn anyāś ca jātayaḥ // > 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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [1.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition > 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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.5.9) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.5.p3.3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Viṣṇucittīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!visnucitta.5.46) — Sanskrit - [Ātmaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!sridhara.6.47) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇavakūṭacandrikā Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!ratnagarbha) — Ratnagarbhamiśra, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.5.47) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (11) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.1.104-2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.8.44) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.31) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.9.37) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.7.53) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Toḍararāja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.sangraha.todararaja.2.69) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.2.69) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit - [Prakriyāpāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.9.37) — Sanskrit - [Epic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1915.c7.9) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English - [Brāhmī Saṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmisamhita.7.55) — Sanskrit - [Brahmisamhita (gurumandalseries1962)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.brahmisamhita*gurumandalseries1962.7.55) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.47-50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.5.47-50) · Pramāṇa