[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) › 4.24.3-5 # Vishnupurana 4.24.3-5 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.24.3-5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.24.3) mahānandisutaḥ śūdrāgarbhodbhavo 'tilubdho mahāpadmo nandaḥ paraśurāma ivāparo 'khilakṣatrāntakārī bhavitā || > The son of Mahánanda will be born of a woman of the Śúdra or servile class; his name will be Nanda, called Mahápadma, for he will be exceedingly avaricious. Like another Paraśuráma, he will be the annihilator of the Kshatriya race; for after him the kings of the earth will be Śúdras. He will bring the whole earth under one umbrella: he will have eight sons, Sumálya and others, who will reign after Mahápadma; and he and his sons will govern for a hundred years. The Brahman Kaut́ilya will root out the nine Nandas > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.24.4) tataḥprabhṛti śūdrā bhūmipālā bhaviṣyanti | sa caikacchatrām anullaṅghitaśāsano mahāpadmaḥ pṛthivīṃ bhokṣyati || > The son of Mahánanda will be born of a woman of the Śúdra or servile class; his name will be Nanda, called Mahápadma, for he will be exceedingly avaricious. Like another Paraśuráma, he will be the annihilator of the Kshatriya race; for after him the kings of the earth will be Śúdras. He will bring the whole earth under one umbrella: he will have eight sons, Sumálya and others, who will reign after Mahápadma; and he and his sons will govern for a hundred years. The Brahman Kaut́ilya will root out the nine Nandas > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.24.5) tasyāpy aṣṭau sutāḥ sumālyādyā bhavitāraḥ | tasya ca mahāpadmasyānu pṛthivīṃ bhokṣyanti | mahāpadmas tatputrāś ca ekaṃ varṣaśatam avanīpatayo bhaviṣyanti | navaitān nandān kauṭilyo brāhmaṇaḥ samuddhariṣyati || > The son of Mahánanda will be born of a woman of the Śúdra or servile class; his name will be Nanda, called Mahápadma, for he will be exceedingly avaricious. Like another Paraśuráma, he will be the annihilator of the Kshatriya race; for after him the kings of the earth will be Śúdras. He will bring the whole earth under one umbrella: he will have eight sons, Sumálya and others, who will reign after Mahápadma; and he and his sons will govern for a hundred years. The Brahman Kaut́ilya will root out the nine Nandas > — 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.4.24.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.24.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.24.4) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.44.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.24.3-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.24.3-5) · Pramāṇa