[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) › 4.15.1-3 # Vishnupurana 4.15.1-3 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.15.1-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.15.1) maitreya uvāca: hiraṇyakaśiputve ca rāvaṇatve ca viṣṇunā avāpa nihato bhogān aprāpyān amarair api // > MAITREYA.--Most eminent of all who cultivate piety, I am curious to hear from you, and you are able to explain to me, how it happened that the same being who when killed by Vishńu as Hirańyakaśipu and Rávańa obtained enjoyments which, though scarcely attainable by the immortals, were but temporary, should have been absorbed into the eternal Hari when slain by him in the person of Śiśupála. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.15.2) na layaṃ tatra tenaiva nihataḥ sa kathaṃ punaḥ saṃprāptaḥ śiśupālatve sāyujyaṃ śāśvate harau // > MAITREYA.--Most eminent of all who cultivate piety, I am curious to hear from you, and you are able to explain to me, how it happened that the same being who when killed by Vishńu as Hirańyakaśipu and Rávańa obtained enjoyments which, though scarcely attainable by the immortals, were but temporary, should have been absorbed into the eternal Hari when slain by him in the person of Śiśupála. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.15.3) etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ vara kautūhalapareṇaitat pṛṣṭo me vaktum arhasi // > MAITREYA.--Most eminent of all who cultivate piety, I am curious to hear from you, and you are able to explain to me, how it happened that the same being who when killed by Vishńu as Hirańyakaśipu and Rávańa obtained enjoyments which, though scarcely attainable by the immortals, were but temporary, should have been absorbed into the eternal Hari when slain by him in the person of Śiśupála. > — 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.4.15.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.15.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.15.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.15.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.15.1-3) · Pramāṇa