[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) › 3.3.5-8 # Vishnupurana 3.3.5-8 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.3.5-8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [3.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.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. > — 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.3.3.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.3.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.3.5) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.7.73) — Sanskrit - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.1.3.19) — Sanskrit - [Daśavidhahetunirūpaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vaikhanasa!tatparyacintamani.dasavidhahetunirupana.80.9) — Śrīnivāsamakhin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.3.5-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.3.5-8) · Pramāṇa