[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) › 2.6.44 # Vishnupurana 2.6.44 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.6.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.6.44) kva nākapṛṣṭhagamanaṃ punarāvṛttilakṣaṇam kva japo vāsudeveti muktibījam anuttamam // > For, Maitreya, suitable acts of expiation have been enjoined by the great sages for every kind of crime. Arduous penances for great sins, trifling ones for minor offences, have been propounded by Swáyambhuva and others: but reliance upon Krishńa is far better than any such expiatory acts, as religious austerity, or the like. Let any one who repents of the sin of which he may have been culpable have recourse to this best of all expiations, remembrance of Hari: by addressing his thoughts to Náráyańa at dawn, at night, at sunset, and midday, a man shall be quickly cleansed from all guilt: the whole heap of worldly sorrows is dispersed by meditating on Hari; and his worshipper, looking upon heavenly fruition as an impediment to felicity, obtains final emancipation. He whose mind is devoted to Hari in silent prayer, burnt-offering, or adoration, is impatient even of the glory of the king of the gods. Of what avail is ascent to the summit of heaven, if it is necessary to return from thence to earth. How different is the meditation on Vásudeva, which is the seed of eternal freedom. Hence, Muni, the man who thinks of Vishńu, day and night, goes not to Naraka after death, for all his sins are atoned for. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.6.43) - [Next: 2.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.6.45) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.6) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.6.5) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.6.p4) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.6.44) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.22.42) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śrībhagavannāmakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sribhagavannamakaumudi.p66) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.6.44) · Pramāṇa