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# Vishnupurana 5.4.14

Viṣṇupurāṇa 5.4.14

- **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

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## 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

## 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

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