[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) › 3.2.56-62 # Vishnupurana 3.2.56-62 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.2.56-62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.2.56) kṛte yuge paraṃ jñānaṃ kapilādisvarūpadhṛk dadāti sarvabhūtātmā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ // > In the Krita age, Vishńu, in the form of Kapila and other inspired teachers, assiduous for the benefit of all creatures, imparts to them true wisdom. In the Treta age he restrains the wicked, in the form of a universal monarch, and protects the three worlds. In the Dwápara age, in the person of Veda-vyása, he divides the one Veda into four, and distributes it into innumerable branches: and at the end of the Kali or fourth age he appears as Kalki, and reestablishes the iniquitous in the paths of rectitude. In this manner the universal spirit preserves, creates, and at last destroys, all the world. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.2.57) cakravartisvarūpeṇa tretāyām api sa prabhuḥ duṣṭānāṃ nigrahaṃ kurvan paripāti jagattrayam // > In the Krita age, Vishńu, in the form of Kapila and other inspired teachers, assiduous for the benefit of all creatures, imparts to them true wisdom. In the Treta age he restrains the wicked, in the form of a universal monarch, and protects the three worlds. In the Dwápara age, in the person of Veda-vyása, he divides the one Veda into four, and distributes it into innumerable branches: and at the end of the Kali or fourth age he appears as Kalki, and reestablishes the iniquitous in the paths of rectitude. In this manner the universal spirit preserves, creates, and at last destroys, all the world. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.2.58) vedam ekaṃ caturbhedaṃ kṛtvā śākhāśatair vibhuḥ karoti bahulaṃ bhūyo vedavyāsasvarūpadhṛk // > In the Krita age, Vishńu, in the form of Kapila and other inspired teachers, assiduous for the benefit of all creatures, imparts to them true wisdom. In the Treta age he restrains the wicked, in the form of a universal monarch, and protects the three worlds. In the Dwápara age, in the person of Veda-vyása, he divides the one Veda into four, and distributes it into innumerable branches: and at the end of the Kali or fourth age he appears as Kalki, and reestablishes the iniquitous in the paths of rectitude. In this manner the universal spirit preserves, creates, and at last destroys, all the world. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.2.59) vedāṃs tu dvāpare vyasya kaler ante punar hariḥ kalkisvarūpī durvṛttān mārge sthāpayati prabhuḥ // > In the Krita age, Vishńu, in the form of Kapila and other inspired teachers, assiduous for the benefit of all creatures, imparts to them true wisdom. In the Treta age he restrains the wicked, in the form of a universal monarch, and protects the three worlds. In the Dwápara age, in the person of Veda-vyása, he divides the one Veda into four, and distributes it into innumerable branches: and at the end of the Kali or fourth age he appears as Kalki, and reestablishes the iniquitous in the paths of rectitude. In this manner the universal spirit preserves, creates, and at last destroys, all the world. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.2.60) evam eṣa jagat sarvaṃ paripāti karoti ca hanti cānteṣv anantātmā nāsty asmād vyatireki yat // > In the Krita age, Vishńu, in the form of Kapila and other inspired teachers, assiduous for the benefit of all creatures, imparts to them true wisdom. In the Treta age he restrains the wicked, in the form of a universal monarch, and protects the three worlds. In the Dwápara age, in the person of Veda-vyása, he divides the one Veda into four, and distributes it into innumerable branches: and at the end of the Kali or fourth age he appears as Kalki, and reestablishes the iniquitous in the paths of rectitude. In this manner the universal spirit preserves, creates, and at last destroys, all the world. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.2.61) bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarvabhūtān mahātmanaḥ tad atrānyatra vā vipra sadbhāvaḥ kathitas tava // > Thus, Brahman, I have described to you the true nature of that great being who is all things, and besides whom there is no other existent thing, nor has there been, nor will there be, either here or elsewhere. I have also enumerated to you the Manwantaras, and those who preside over them. What else do you wish to hear? > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.2.62) manvantarāṇy aśeṣāṇi kathitāni mayā tava manvantarādhipāṃś caiva kim anyat kathayāmi te // > Thus, Brahman, I have described to you the true nature of that great being who is all things, and besides whom there is no other existent thing, nor has there been, nor will there be, either here or elsewhere. I have also enumerated to you the Manwantaras, and those who preside over them. What else do you wish to hear? > — 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.3.2.12) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.2.p14) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.2.56) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.2.56-62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.2.56-62) · Pramāṇa