[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 # Vishnupurana 3.3.5 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.3.5 - **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 - [Previous: 3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.3.4) - [Next: 3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.3.6) - [Up: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.3) ## 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 (1) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.1.3.19) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.3.5) · Pramāṇa