Vishnupurana 3.3.5-8
Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.3.5-8
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- Sanskrit
3.3.5
dvāpare dvāpare viṣṇur vyāsarūpī mahāmune
vedam ekaṃ sa bahudhā kurute jagato hitaḥ //
In every Dwápara (or third) age, Vishńu, in the person of Vyása, in order to promote the good of mankind, divides the Veda, which is properly but one, into many portions: observing the limited perseverance, energy, and application of mortals, he makes the Veda fourfold, to adapt it to their capacities; and the bodily form which he assumes, in order to effect that classification, is known by the name of Veda-vyása. Of the different Vyásas in the present Manwantara, and the branches which they have taught, you shall have an account.
3.3.6
vīryaṃ tejo balaṃ cālpaṃ manuṣyāṇām avekṣya ca
hitāya sarvabhūtānāṃ vedabhedān karoti saḥ //
In every Dwápara (or third) age, Vishńu, in the person of Vyása, in order to promote the good of mankind, divides the Veda, which is properly but one, into many portions: observing the limited perseverance, energy, and application of mortals, he makes the Veda fourfold, to adapt it to their capacities; and the bodily form which he assumes, in order to effect that classification, is known by the name of Veda-vyása. Of the different Vyásas in the present Manwantara, and the branches which they have taught, you shall have an account.
3.3.7
yayā sa kurute tanvā vedam ekaṃ pṛthak prabhuḥ
vedavyāsābhidhānā tu sā mūrtir madhuvidviṣaḥ //
In every Dwápara (or third) age, Vishńu, in the person of Vyása, in order to promote the good of mankind, divides the Veda, which is properly but one, into many portions: observing the limited perseverance, energy, and application of mortals, he makes the Veda fourfold, to adapt it to their capacities; and the bodily form which he assumes, in order to effect that classification, is known by the name of Veda-vyása. Of the different Vyásas in the present Manwantara, and the branches which they have taught, you shall have an account.
3.3.8
yasmin manvantare ye ye vyāsās tāṃs tān nibodha me
yathā ca bhedaḥ śākhānāṃ vyāsena kriyate mune //
In every Dwápara (or third) age, Vishńu, in the person of Vyása, in order to promote the good of mankind, divides the Veda, which is properly but one, into many portions: observing the limited perseverance, energy, and application of mortals, he makes the Veda fourfold, to adapt it to their capacities; and the bodily form which he assumes, in order to effect that classification, is known by the name of Veda-vyása. Of the different Vyásas in the present Manwantara, and the branches which they have taught, you shall have an account.
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 (3)
- Nandipurāṇa — Sanskrit
- Devībhāgavatapurāṇa — Sanskrit
- Daśavidhahetunirūpaṇa — Śrīnivāsamakhin, Sanskrit