Vishnupurana 3.1.26-29
Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.1.26-29
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3.1.26
ṣaṣṭhe manvantare cāsīc cākṣuṣākhyas tathā manuḥ
manojavas tathaivendro devān api nibodha me //
Chákshusha was the Manu of the sixth period: in which the Indra was Manojava: the five classes of gods were the Ádyas, Prastútas, Bhavyas, Prithugas, and the magnanimous Lekhas, eight of each: Sumedhas, Virajas, Havishmat, Uttama, Madhu, Abhináman, and Sahishńu were the seven sages: the kings of the earth, the sons of Chákshusha, were the powerful Uru, Puru, Śatadyumna, and others.
3.1.27
āpyāḥ prasūtā bhavyāś ca pṛthugāś ca divaukasaḥ
mahānubhāvā lekhāś ca pañcaite hy aṣṭakā gaṇāḥ //
Chákshusha was the Manu of the sixth period: in which the Indra was Manojava: the five classes of gods were the Ádyas, Prastútas, Bhavyas, Prithugas, and the magnanimous Lekhas, eight of each: Sumedhas, Virajas, Havishmat, Uttama, Madhu, Abhináman, and Sahishńu were the seven sages: the kings of the earth, the sons of Chákshusha, were the powerful Uru, Puru, Śatadyumna, and others.
3.1.28
sumedhā virajāś caiva haviṣmān uttamo madhuḥ
atināmā sahiṣṇuś ca saptāsann iti carṣayaḥ //
Chákshusha was the Manu of the sixth period: in which the Indra was Manojava: the five classes of gods were the Ádyas, Prastútas, Bhavyas, Prithugas, and the magnanimous Lekhas, eight of each: Sumedhas, Virajas, Havishmat, Uttama, Madhu, Abhináman, and Sahishńu were the seven sages: the kings of the earth, the sons of Chákshusha, were the powerful Uru, Puru, Śatadyumna, and others.
3.1.29
ūruḥ pūruḥ śatadyumnapramukhāḥ sumahābalāḥ
cākṣuṣasya manoḥ putrāḥ pṛthivīpatayo 'bhavan //
Chákshusha was the Manu of the sixth period: in which the Indra was Manojava: the five classes of gods were the Ádyas, Prastútas, Bhavyas, Prithugas, and the magnanimous Lekhas, eight of each: Sumedhas, Virajas, Havishmat, Uttama, Madhu, Abhináman, and Sahishńu were the seven sages: the kings of the earth, the sons of Chákshusha, were the powerful Uru, Puru, Śatadyumna, and others.
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
Linked texts (1)
- Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit