[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) › 1.9.30 # Vishnupurana 1.9.30 Viṣṇupurāṇa 1.9.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.30) balaśauryādyabhāvaś ca puruṣāṇāṃ guṇair vinā laṅghanīyaḥ samastasya balaśauryavivarjitaḥ bhavaty apadhvastamatir laṅghitaḥ prathitaḥ pumān // > all beings became devoid of steadiness; all the faculties of sense were obstructed by cupidity; and men's desires were excited by frivolous objects. Where there is energy, there is prosperity; and upon prosperity energy depends. How can those abandoned by prosperity be possessed of energy; and without energy, where is excellence? Without excellence there can be no vigour nor heroism amongst men: he who has neither courage nor strength, will be spurned by all: and he who is universally treated with disgrace, must suffer abasement of his intellectual faculties. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 1.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.29) - [Next: 1.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.31) - [Up: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.1.9.5) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.1.9.p3.1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.9.30) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.4.30) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.1.9.30) · Pramāṇa