[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) › 4.2.4-7 # Vishnupurana 4.2.4-7 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.2.4-7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.4) dhṛṣṭasyāpi dhārṣṭakaṃ kṣatram abhavat || > From Dhrisht́a, the son of the Manu, sprang the Kshatriya race of Dhársht́aka. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.5) nabhagasyātmajo nābhāgasaṃjño 'bhavat | tasya ambarīṣaḥ | ambarīṣasyāpi virūpo 'bhavat || > The son of Nabhága was Nábhága; his son was Ambarísha; his son was Virúpa; his son was Prishadaśwa; his son was Rathínara, of whom it is sung, "These, who were Kshatriyas by birth, the heads of the family of Rathínara, were called Ángirasas (or sons of Angiras), and were Brahmans as well as Kshatriyas." > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.6) virūpāt pṛṣadaśvo jajñe tataś ca rathītaraḥ || > The son of Nabhága was Nábhága; his son was Ambarísha; his son was Virúpa; his son was Prishadaśwa; his son was Rathínara, of whom it is sung, "These, who were Kshatriyas by birth, the heads of the family of Rathínara, were called Ángirasas (or sons of Angiras), and were Brahmans as well as Kshatriyas." > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.7) ete kṣatraprasūtā vai punaś cāṅgirasāḥ smṛtāḥ | rathītarāṇāṃ pravarāḥ kṣatropetā dvijātayaḥ || > The son of Nabhága was Nábhága; his son was Ambarísha; his son was Virúpa; his son was Prishadaśwa; his son was Rathínara, of whom it is sung, "These, who were Kshatriyas by birth, the heads of the family of Rathínara, were called Ángirasas (or sons of Angiras), and were Brahmans as well as Kshatriyas." > — 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.4.2.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.2.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.2.4) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.6.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.4-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.4-7) · Pramāṇa