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# Vishnupurana 3.5.1-3

Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.5.1-3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.5.1)

parāśara uvāca:  
yajurvedataroḥ śākhāḥ saptaviṃśan mahāmatiḥ  
vaiśampāyananāmāsau vyāsaśiṣyaś cakāra vai //

> PARÁŚARA.--Of the tree of the Yajur-veda there are twenty-seven branches, which Vaiśampáyana, the pupil of Vyása, compiled, and taught to as many disciples. Amongst these, Yájnawalkya, the son of Brahmaráta, was distinguished for piety and obedience to his preceptor.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [3.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.5.2)

śiṣyebhyaḥ pradadau tāś ca jagṛhus te 'py anukramāt //

> PARÁŚARA.--Of the tree of the Yajur-veda there are twenty-seven branches, which Vaiśampáyana, the pupil of Vyása, compiled, and taught to as many disciples. Amongst these, Yájnawalkya, the son of Brahmaráta, was distinguished for piety and obedience to his preceptor.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.5.3)

yājñavalkyas tu tasyābhūd brahmarātasuto dvija  
śiṣyaḥ paramadharmajño guruvṛttiparaḥ sadā //

> PARÁŚARA.--Of the tree of the Yajur-veda there are twenty-seven branches, which Vaiśampáyana, the pupil of Vyása, compiled, and taught to as many disciples. Amongst these, Yájnawalkya, the son of Brahmaráta, was distinguished for piety and obedience to his preceptor.  
> — 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.3.5.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.5.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.5.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.35.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.61.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.9.1) — Sanskrit

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