[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) › 5.20.16 # Vishnupurana 5.20.16 Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.20.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.20.16) anuyuktau tatas tau tu bhagne dhanuṣi rakṣibhiḥ rakṣisainyaṃ nikṛtyobhau niṣkrāntau kārmukālayāt // > Dressed in blue and yellow garments, and anointed with fragrant unguents, Keśava and Ráma proceeded to the hall of arms, which was hung round with garlands. Inquiring of the warders which bow he was to try, and being directed to it, he took it, and bent it; but drawing it with violence, he snapped it in two, and all Mathurá resounded with the noise which its fracture occasioned. Abused by the warders for breaking the bow, Krishńa and Ráma retorted, and defied them, and left the hall. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 5.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.20.15) - [Next: 5.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.20.17) - [Up: 5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.20) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.5.20.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.5.20.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Ātmaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!sridhara) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇucittīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!visnucitta) — Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇavakūṭacandrikā Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!ratnagarbha) — Ratnagarbhamiśra, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.5.20.17) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.193.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.20.16) · Pramāṇa