[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) › 3.3.1-3 # Vishnupurana 3.3.1-3 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.3.1-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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? > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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? > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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? > — 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.3.3.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.3.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.3.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.7.67) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.3.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.3.1-3) · Pramāṇa