Vishnupurana 5.17.26
Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.17.26
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5.17.26
etat tat paramaṃ dhāma tad etat paramaṃ padam
bhagavadvāsudevāṃśo dvidhā yo 'yam avasthitaḥ //
When Akrúra saw these two youths, his countenance expanded with delight, and the down of his body stood erect with pleasure: for this he thought to be supreme happiness and glory; this, the double manifestation of the divine Vásudeva; this was the twofold gratification of his sight, to behold the creator of the universe: now he hoped that his bodily form would yield fruit, as it would bring him in contact with the person of Krishńa; and that the wearer of infinite forms would place his hand on his back; the touch of whose finger alone is sufficient to dispel sin, and to secure imperishable felicity: that hand which launches the fierce irresistible discus, blazing with all the flames of fire, lightning, and the sun, and slaughtering the demon host washes the collyrium from the eyes of their brides: that hand into which Bali poured water, and thence obtained ineffable enjoyments below the earth, and immortality and dominion over the gods for a whole Manwantara, without peril from a foe. "Alas! he will despise me, for my connexion with Kansa, an associate with evil, though not contaminated by it. How vain is his birth, who is shunned by the virtuous? and yet what is there in this world unknown to him who resides in the hearts of all men, who is ever existent, exempt from imperfection, the aggregate of the quality of purity, and identical with true knowledge? With a heart wholly devoted to him, then, I will approach the lord of all lords, the descended portion of Purushottama, of Vishńu, who is without beginning, middle, or end."
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