[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) › 5.4.14-17 # Vishnupurana 5.4.14-17 Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.4.14-17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.4.14) ity ājñāpyāsurān kaṃsaḥ praviśyātmagṛhaṃ tataḥ mumoca vasudevaṃ ca devakīṃ ca nirodhataḥ // > Having issued these commands, Kansa retired into his palace, and liberated Vasudeva and Devakí from their captivity. "It is in vain," > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [5.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.4.15) kaṃsa uvāca: yuvayor ghātitā garbhā vṛthaivaite mayādhunā ko 'py anya eva nāśāya bālo mama samudgataḥ // > Having issued these commands, Kansa retired into his palace, and liberated Vasudeva and Devakí from their captivity. "It is in vain," > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition > said he to them, "that I have slain all your children, since after all he who is destined to kill me has escaped. It is of no use to regret the past. The children you may hereafter have may enjoy life unto its natural close; no one shall cut it short." Having thus conciliated them, Kansa, alarmed for himself, withdrew into the interior apartments of his palace. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [5.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.4.16) tad alaṃ paritāpena nūnaṃ tad bhāvino hi te arbhakā yuvayoḥ ko vā nāyuṣo 'nte vihanyate // > said he to them, "that I have slain all your children, since after all he who is destined to kill me has escaped. It is of no use to regret the past. The children you may hereafter have may enjoy life unto its natural close; no one shall cut it short." Having thus conciliated them, Kansa, alarmed for himself, withdrew into the interior apartments of his palace. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [5.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.4.17) parāśara uvāca: ity āśvāsya vimuktvā ca kaṃsas tau pariśaṅkitaḥ antargṛhaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha praviveśa punaḥ svakam // > said he to them, "that I have slain all your children, since after all he who is destined to kill me has escaped. It is of no use to regret the past. The children you may hereafter have may enjoy life unto its natural close; no one shall cut it short." Having thus conciliated them, Kansa, alarmed for himself, withdrew into the interior apartments of his palace. > — 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.5.4.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.5.4.p3) — 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.5.4.14) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.183.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.4.14-17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.5.4.14-17) · Pramāṇa