Vishnupurana 4.24.12-13
Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.24.12-13
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4.24.12
saptābhīrāḥ daśa gardabhilāś ca bhūbhujo bhaviṣyanti |
tataḥ ṣoḍaśa śakā bhūpatayo bhavitāraḥ |
tataś cāṣṭau yavanāś caturdaśa tuṣārā muṇḍāś ca trayodaśa ekādaśa maunāḥ |
ete pṛthivīṃ trayodaśavarṣaśatāni navanavatyadhikāni bhokṣyanti ||
After these, various races will reign, as seven Ábhíras, ten Garddhabas, sixteen Śakas, eight Yavanas, fourteen Tusháras, thirteen Muńd́as, eleven Maunas, altogether seventy-nine princes, who will be sovereigns of the earth for one thousand three hundred and ninety years; and then eleven Pauras will be kings for three hundred years. When they are destroyed, the Kailakila Yavanas will be kings; the chief of whom will be Vindhyaśakti; his son will be Puranjaya; his son will be Rámachandra; his son will be Adharma, from whom will be Varánga, Kritanandana, Śudhinandi, Nandiyaśas, Śiśuka, and Pravíra; these will rule for a hundred and six years. From them will proceed thirteen sons;
4.24.13
tataś ca paurā ekādaśa bhūpatayo 'bdaśatāni trīṇi mahīṃ bhokṣyanti |
teṣūtsanneṣu kailakilā yavanā bhūpatayo bhaviṣyanty amūrdhābhiṣiktāḥ |
teṣāṃ vindhyaśaktiḥ ||
After these, various races will reign, as seven Ábhíras, ten Garddhabas, sixteen Śakas, eight Yavanas, fourteen Tusháras, thirteen Muńd́as, eleven Maunas, altogether seventy-nine princes, who will be sovereigns of the earth for one thousand three hundred and ninety years; and then eleven Pauras will be kings for three hundred years. When they are destroyed, the Kailakila Yavanas will be kings; the chief of whom will be Vindhyaśakti; his son will be Puranjaya; his son will be Rámachandra; his son will be Adharma, from whom will be Varánga, Kritanandana, Śudhinandi, Nandiyaśas, Śiśuka, and Pravíra; these will rule for a hundred and six years. From them will proceed thirteen sons;
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
Linked texts (3)
- Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty — Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, English
- Ancient Indian Historical Tradition — F. E. Pargiter, English
- The Purāṇa Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age — F. E. Pargiter, English