Vishnupurana 3.3.1-3
Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.3.1-3
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.3.1
maitreya uvāca:
jñātam etan mayā tvatto yathā sarvam idaṃ jagat
viṣṇur viṣṇau viṣṇutaś ca na paraṃ vidyate tataḥ //
MAITREYA.--I have learnt from you, in due order, how this world is Vishńu; how it is in Vishńu; how it is from Vishńu: nothing further is to be known: but I should desire to hear how the Vedas were divided, in different ages, by that great being, in the form of Veda-vyása? who were the Vyásas of their respective eras? and what were the branches into which the Vedas were distributed?
3.3.2
etat tu śrotum icchāmi vyastā vedā mahātmanā
vedavyāsasvarūpeṇa yathā tena yuge yuge //
MAITREYA.--I have learnt from you, in due order, how this world is Vishńu; how it is in Vishńu; how it is from Vishńu: nothing further is to be known: but I should desire to hear how the Vedas were divided, in different ages, by that great being, in the form of Veda-vyása? who were the Vyásas of their respective eras? and what were the branches into which the Vedas were distributed?
3.3.3
yasmin yasmin yuge vyāso yo ya āsīn mahāmune
taṃ tam ācakṣva bhagavañ śākhābhedāṃś ca me vada //
MAITREYA.--I have learnt from you, in due order, how this world is Vishńu; how it is in Vishńu; how it is from Vishńu: nothing further is to be known: but I should desire to hear how the Vedas were divided, in different ages, by that great being, in the form of Veda-vyása? who were the Vyásas of their respective eras? and what were the branches into which the Vedas were distributed?
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)
- Nandipurāṇa — Sanskrit