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# Vishnupurana 5.1.4

Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.1.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.1.4)

parāśara uvāca:  
maitreya śrūyatām etad yat pṛṣṭo 'ham iha tvayā  
viṣṇor aṃśāṃśasaṃbhūticaritaṃ jagato hitam //

> PARÁŚARA.--I will relate to you, Maitreya, the account which you have requested; the birth of a part of a part of Vishńu, and the benefits which his actions conferred upon the world.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.5.1.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.5.1.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.5.1.4) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Laukikanyāyasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.later.laukikanyayasamgraha.3.45.45) — Raghunātha Varman 1825, Sanskrit

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