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# Vishnupurana 6.2.1

Viṣṇupurāṇa 6.2.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.2.1)

parāśara uvāca:  
vyāsaś cāha mahābuddhir yad atraiva hi vastuni  
tac chrūyatāṃ mahābhāga gadato mama tattvataḥ //

> UPON this subject, Maitreya, you shall hear what the wise Vyása has related, as it is communicated truly by me.  
> — 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.6.2.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.6.2.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.2.1) — Sanskrit

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