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# Vishnupurana 4.17

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [4.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.17.2) — 1 part

### [4.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.17.1)

parāśara uvāca:  
druhyos tu tanayo babhruḥ ||

> THE son of Druhyu was Babhru; his son was Setu; his son was Áradwat; his son was Gándhára; his son was Dharma; his son was Dhrita; his son was Duryáman; his son was Prachetas, who had a hundred sons, and they were the princes of the lawless Mlechchhas or barbarians of the north.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [4.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.17.2)

tataḥ setuḥ |  
setuputra āradvānnāmā |  
tadātmajo gāndhāraḥ |  
tato dharmo dharmād dhṛto dhṛtād durdamaḥ |  
tataḥ pracetāḥ |  
pracetasaḥ putraśatam adharmabahulānāṃ mlecchānām udīcyānām ādhipatyam akarot ||

> THE son of Druhyu was Babhru; his son was Setu; his son was Áradwat; his son was Gándhára; his son was Dharma; his son was Dhrita; his son was Duryáman; his son was Prachetas, who had a hundred sons, and they were the princes of the lawless Mlechchhas or barbarians of the north.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [4.17.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.17.2.p1)

iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe caturthe 'ṃśe saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> THE son of Druhyu was Babhru; his son was Setu; his son was Áradwat; his son was Gándhára; his son was Dharma; his son was Dhrita; his son was Duryáman; his son was Prachetas, who had a hundred sons, and they were the princes of the lawless Mlechchhas or barbarians of the north.  
> — 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.4.17.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.17.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.17.1) — Sanskrit

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