[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) › 5.37.5 # Vishnupurana 5.37.5 Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.37.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.37.5) maitreya uvāca: sa vipraśāpavyājena saṃjahre svakulaṃ katham kathaṃ ca mānuṣaṃ deham utsasarja janārdanaḥ // > MAITREYA.--Tell me how Janárddana effected the destruction of his own race under the plea of Brahmanical imprecation, and in what manner he relinquished his mortal body. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 5.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.37.4) - [Next: 5.37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.37.6) - [Up: 5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.37) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.5.37.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.5.37.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.5.37.5) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.210.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.37.5) · Pramāṇa