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# Vishnupurana 3.8.2

Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.8.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.8.2)

ārādhitāc ca govindād ārādhanaparair naraiḥ  
yat prāpyate phalaṃ śrotuṃ tac cecchāmi mahāmune //

> MAITREYA.--Inform me, venerable teacher, how the supreme deity, the lord of the universe, Vishńu, is worshipped by those who are desirous of overcoming the world; and what advantages are reaped by men, assiduous in his adoration, from the propitiated Govinda.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.3.8.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.8.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.8.2) — Sanskrit

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