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# Vishnupurana 5.12.26

Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.12.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.12.26)

kṛṣṇo 'pi sahito gobhir gopālaiś ca punar vrajam  
ājagāmātha gopīnāṃ dṛṣṭipūtena vartmanā //

> Upon Krishńa's ceasing to speak, he and Indra mutually embraced; and the latter, mounting his elephant Airávata, returned to heaven. Krishńa, with the cattle and the herdsmen, went his way to Vraja, where the wives of the Gopas watched for his approach.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

### [5.12.26.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.12.26.p1)

iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Upon Krishńa's ceasing to speak, he and Indra mutually embraced; and the latter, mounting his elephant Airávata, returned to heaven. Krishńa, with the cattle and the herdsmen, went his way to Vraja, where the wives of the Gopas watched for his approach.  
> — 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.5.12.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.5.12.p4) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.5.12.26) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.188.49) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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