Vishnupurana 4.11.1
Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.11.1
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- Sanskrit
4.11.1
parāśara uvāca:
ataḥ paraṃ yayāteḥ prathamaputrasya yador vaṃśam ahaṃ kathayāmi |
yatrāśeṣalokanivāsimanuṣyasiddhagandharvayakṣarākṣasaguhyakakiṃpuruṣāpsaroragavihagadaityadānavarudravasvaśvi maruddevarṣidvijarṣimumukṣibhir dharmārthakāmamokṣārthibhis tattatphalalābhāya sadābhiṣṭutāparicchedyamāhātmyenāṃśena bhagavān anādinidhano viṣṇur avatatāra ||
I WILL first relate to you the family of Yadu, the eldest son of Yayáti, in which the eternal immutable Vishńu descended upon earth in a portion of his essence; of which the glory cannot be described, though for ever hymned in order to confer the fruit of all their wishes--whether they desired virtue, wealth, pleasure, or liberation--upon all created beings, upon men, saints, heavenly quiristers, spirits of evil, nymphs, centaurs, serpents, birds, demons, gods, sages, Brahmans, and ascetics. Whoever hears the account of the race of Yadu shall be released from all sin; for the supreme spirit, that is without form, and which is called Vishńu, was manifested in this family.
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
Commentaries (3)
- Ātmaprakāśa — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- Viṣṇucittīya — Sanskrit
- Vaiṣṇavakūṭacandrikā Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā — Ratnagarbhamiśra, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit