[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) › 6.6.1-3 # Vishnupurana 6.6.1-3 Viṣṇupurāṇa 6.6.1-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.1) parāśara uvāca: svādhyāyasaṃyamābhyāṃ sa dṛśyate puruṣottamaḥ tatprāptikāraṇaṃ brahma tad etad iti paṭhyate // > HE, Purushottama, is also known by holy study and devout meditation; and either, as the cause of attaining him, is entitled Brahma. From study let a man proceed to meditation, and from meditation to study; by perfection in both supreme spirit becomes manifest. Study is one eye wherewith to behold it, and meditation is the other: he who is one with Brahma sees not with the eye of flesh. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [6.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.2) svādhyāyād yogam āsīta yogāt svādhyāyam ācaret svādhyāyayogasaṃpattyā paramātmā prakāśate // > HE, Purushottama, is also known by holy study and devout meditation; and either, as the cause of attaining him, is entitled Brahma. From study let a man proceed to meditation, and from meditation to study; by perfection in both supreme spirit becomes manifest. Study is one eye wherewith to behold it, and meditation is the other: he who is one with Brahma sees not with the eye of flesh. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [6.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.3) tadīkṣaṇāya svādhyāyaś cakṣur yogas tathāparam na māṃsacakṣuṣā draṣṭuṃ brahmabhūtaḥ sa śakyate // > HE, Purushottama, is also known by holy study and devout meditation; and either, as the cause of attaining him, is entitled Brahma. From study let a man proceed to meditation, and from meditation to study; by perfection in both supreme spirit becomes manifest. Study is one eye wherewith to behold it, and meditation is the other: he who is one with Brahma sees not with the eye of flesh. > — 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.6.6.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.6.6.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.6.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.46.33) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.6.6.1-3) · Pramāṇa