Vishnupurana 2.16.21-23
Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.16.21-23
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- Sanskrit
2.16.21
tathā tvam api dharmajña tulyātmaripubāndhavaḥ
bhava sarvagataṃ jānann ātmānam avanīpate //
"In like manner do thou, oh king, who knowest what duty is, regarding equally friend or foe, consider yourself as one with all that exists in the world. Even as the same sky is apparently diversified as white or blue, so Soul, which is in truth but one, appears to erroneous vision distinct in different persons. That One, which here is all things, is Achyuta (Vishńu); than whom there is none other. He is I; he is thou; he is all: this universe is his form. Abandon the error of distinction."
2.16.22
sitanīlādibhedena yathaikaṃ dṛśyate nabhaḥ
bhrāntadṛṣṭibhir ātmāpi tathaikaḥ san pṛthak pṛthak //
"In like manner do thou, oh king, who knowest what duty is, regarding equally friend or foe, consider yourself as one with all that exists in the world. Even as the same sky is apparently diversified as white or blue, so Soul, which is in truth but one, appears to erroneous vision distinct in different persons. That One, which here is all things, is Achyuta (Vishńu); than whom there is none other. He is I; he is thou; he is all: this universe is his form. Abandon the error of distinction."
2.16.23
ekaḥ samastaṃ yad ihāsti kiṃcit tad acyuto vāsti paraṃ tato 'nyat
so 'haṃ sa ca tvaṃ sa ca sarvam etad ātmasvarūpaṃ tyaja bhedamoham //
"In like manner do thou, oh king, who knowest what duty is, regarding equally friend or foe, consider yourself as one with all that exists in the world. Even as the same sky is apparently diversified as white or blue, so Soul, which is in truth but one, appears to erroneous vision distinct in different persons. That One, which here is all things, is Achyuta (Vishńu); than whom there is none other. He is I; he is thou; he is all: this universe is his form. Abandon the error of distinction."
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