Vishnu Purana — Amsha 4 — Chapter 1
ViP 4 1.1
भगवन् यन् नरैः कार्यं साधुकर्मण्य् अवस्थितैः तन् मह्यं गुरुणाख्यातं नित्यनैमित्तिकात्मकम् ॥
bhagavan yan naraiḥ kāryaṃ sādhukarmaṇy avasthitaiḥ tan mahyaṃ guruṇākhyātaṃ nityanaimittikātmakam //
"Blessed one, what men who abide in good conduct ought to do — that has been declared to me by (my) teacher, consisting of the regular and occasional (rites).
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ViP 4 1.2
वर्णधर्मास् तथाख्याता धर्मा ये चाश्रमेषु वै श्रोतुम् इच्छाम्य् अहं वंशांस् तांस् त्वं प्रब्रूहि मे गुरो ॥
varṇadharmās tathākhyātā dharmā ye cāśrameṣu vai śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ vaṃśāṃs tāṃs tvaṃ prabrūhi me guro //
And the duties of the classes have been declared, and the duties that pertain to the stages of life; (now) I wish to hear the dynasties — recount them to me, O teacher.
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ViP 4 1.4
ब्रह्माद्यं यो मनोर् वंशम् अहन्य् अहनि संस्मरेत् तस्य वंशसमुच्छेदो न कदाचिद् भविष्यति ॥
brahmādyaṃ yo manor vaṃśam ahany ahani saṃsmaret tasya vaṃśasamucchedo na kadācid bhaviṣyati //
He who day after day calls to mind the lineage of Manu beginning with Brahmā — for him there will never be a cutting off of his lineage.
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ViP 4 1.27
मरुत्तस्य यथा यज्ञस् तथा कस्याभवद् भुवि सर्वं हिरण्मयं यस्य यज्ञवस्त्व् अतिशोभनम् ॥
maruttasya yathā yajñas tathā kasyābhavad bhuvi sarvaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ yasya yajñavastv atiśobhanam //
Whose sacrifice on earth was ever like Marutta's, whose sacrificial equipment was all of gold and exceedingly splendid?
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ViP 4 1.28
अमाद्यद् इन्द्रः सोमेन दक्षिणाभिर् द्विजातयः मरुतः परिवेष्टारः सदस्याश् च दिवौकसः ॥
amādyad indraḥ somena dakṣiṇābhir dvijātayaḥ marutaḥ pariveṣṭāraḥ sadasyāś ca divaukasaḥ //
Indra grew intoxicated with the soma, the twice-born with the sacrificial fees; the Maruts were the servers, and the dwellers in heaven the assembly-members.
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ViP 4 1.40
तृणबिन्दोः प्रसादेन सर्वे वैशालिका नृपाः दीर्घायुषो महात्मानो वीर्यवन्तो ऽतिधार्मिकाः ॥
tṛṇabindoḥ prasādena sarve vaiśālikā nṛpāḥ dīrghāyuṣo mahātmāno vīryavanto 'tidhārmikāḥ //
By the favour of Tṛṇabindu all the kings of Vaiśālī were long-lived, great-souled, valorous and exceedingly righteous.
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ViP 4 1.45
तस्य च रेवती नाम कन्या । ताम् आदाय कस्येयम् अर्हतीति भगवन्तम् अब्जयोनिं प्रष्टुं ब्रह्मलोकं जगाम ॥
tasya ca revatī nāma kanyā | tām ādāya kasyeyam arhatīti bhagavantam abjayoniṃ praṣṭuṃ brahmalokaṃ jagāma ||
And he had a daughter named Revatī. Taking her, he went to the world of Brahmā to ask the blessed lotus-born one, "Whom does she deserve (as husband)?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 1.50
पुनश् च प्रणम्य भगवते तस्मै यथाभिमतान् आत्मनः स वरान् कथयाम् आस । क एषां भगवतो ऽभिमतो यस्मै कन्याम् इमां प्रयच्छामीति ॥
punaś ca praṇamya bhagavate tasmai yathābhimatān ātmanaḥ sa varān kathayām āsa | ka eṣāṃ bhagavato 'bhimato yasmai kanyām imāṃ prayacchāmīti ||
And bowing again to that blessed one, he told (him) of the suitors as they seemed desirable to him: "Which of these is approved by the blessed one, to whom I should give this girl?"
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ViP 4 1.60
न ह्य् आदिमध्यान्तम् अजस्य यस्य विद्मो वयं सर्वमयस्य धातुः न च स्वरूपं न परं स्वभावं न चैव सारं परमेश्वरस्य ॥
na hy ādimadhyāntam ajasya yasya vidmo vayaṃ sarvamayasya dhātuḥ na ca svarūpaṃ na paraṃ svabhāvaṃ na caiva sāraṃ parameśvarasya //
For we do not know the beginning, middle, or end of that unborn one, the all-comprising Establisher, nor the essential form, nor the highest nature, nor indeed the substance of the Supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 1.61
कलामुहूर्तादिमयश् च कालो न यद्विभूतेः परिणामहेतुः अजन्मनाशस्य समस्तमूर्तेर् अनामरूपस्य सनातनस्य ॥
kalāmuhūrtādimayaś ca kālo na yadvibhūteḥ pariṇāmahetuḥ ajanmanāśasya samastamūrter anāmarūpasya sanātanasya //
And time, composed of kalās and muhūrtas and the rest, is not a cause of change in his manifest power — (the power) of him who is without birth or destruction, whose form is all things, who is without name or shape, eternal.
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ViP 4 1.62
यस्य प्रसादाद् अहम् अच्युतस्य भूतः प्रजासृष्टिकरो ऽन्तकारी क्रोधाच् च रुद्रः स्थितिहेतुभूतो यस्माच् च मध्ये पुरुषः परस्मात् ॥
yasya prasādād aham acyutasya bhūtaḥ prajāsṛṣṭikaro 'ntakārī krodhāc ca rudraḥ sthitihetubhūto yasmāc ca madhye puruṣaḥ parasmāt //
By whose favour — the favour of the unfallen one — I came to be the maker of the creation of creatures, and from whose wrath (came) Rudra the ender, and from whom, as the intermediate, (came) the Puruṣa who is the cause of preservation, (all) from the Supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 4 1.63
मद्रूपम् आस्थाय सृजत्य् अजो यः स्थितौ च यो ऽसौ पुरुषस्वरूपी रुद्रस्वरूपेण च यो ऽत्ति विश्वं धत्ते तथानन्तवपुः समस्तम् ॥
madrūpam āsthāya sṛjaty ajo yaḥ sthitau ca yo 'sau puruṣasvarūpī rudrasvarūpeṇa ca yo 'tti viśvaṃ dhatte tathānantavapuḥ samastam //
The unborn one who, assuming my form, creates; who in preservation has the form of the Puruṣa; and who in the form of Rudra devours the universe — he, of endless body, upholds all.
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ViP 4 1.64
शक्रादिरूपी परिपाति विश्वम् अर्केन्दुरूपश् च तमो हिनस्ति पाकाय यो ऽग्नित्वम् उपेत्य लोकान् बिभर्ति पृथ्वीवपुर् अव्ययात्मा ॥
śakrādirūpī paripāti viśvam arkendurūpaś ca tamo hinasti pākāya yo 'gnitvam upetya lokān bibharti pṛthvīvapur avyayātmā //
In the form of Śakra and the rest he protects the universe; in the form of sun and moon he destroys darkness; taking on the nature of fire for cooking, and with the body of earth he supports the worlds, being of imperishable self.
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ViP 4 1.65
चेष्टां करोति श्वसनस्वरूपी लोकस्य तृप्तिं च जलान्नरूपी ददाति विश्वस्थितिसंस्थितस् तु सर्वावकाशं च नभःस्वरूपी ॥
ceṣṭāṃ karoti śvasanasvarūpī lokasya tṛptiṃ ca jalānnarūpī dadāti viśvasthitisaṃsthitas tu sarvāvakāśaṃ ca nabhaḥsvarūpī //
In the form of wind he brings about motion, and in the form of water and food he gives satisfaction to the world; and abiding in the maintenance of the universe, in the form of space he (gives) room for all.
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ViP 4 1.66
यः सृज्यते सर्गकृद् आत्मनैव यः पाल्यते पालयिता च देवः विश्वात्मना संह्रियते ऽन्तकारी पृथक् त्रयस्यास्य च यो ऽव्ययात्मा ॥
yaḥ sṛjyate sargakṛd ātmanaiva yaḥ pālyate pālayitā ca devaḥ viśvātmanā saṃhriyate 'ntakārī pṛthak trayasyāsya ca yo 'vyayātmā //
He who is created, himself being the maker of creation; who is preserved, and is the god who preserves; who as the Self of all is withdrawn, being the ender — and who is distinct from this triad, of imperishable nature.
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ViP 4 1.67
यस्मिञ् जगद् यो जगद् एतद् आद्यो यश् चाश्रितो ऽस्मिञ् जगति स्वयंभूः स सर्वभूतप्रभवो धरित्र्यां स्वांशेन विष्णुर् नृपते ऽवतीर्णः ॥
yasmiñ jagad yo jagad etad ādyo yaś cāśrito 'smiñ jagati svayaṃbhūḥ sa sarvabhūtaprabhavo dharitryāṃ svāṃśena viṣṇur nṛpate 'vatīrṇaḥ //
He in whom the world is, who is this world, the primal one, and who, self-existent, has taken shelter in this world — that Viṣṇu, the origin of all beings, has descended upon the earth with a portion of himself, O king.
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ViP 4 1.68
कुशस्थली या तव भूप रम्या पुरी पुराभूद् अमरावतीव सा द्वारका संप्रति तत्र चास्ते स केशवांशो बलदेवनामा ॥
kuśasthalī yā tava bhūpa ramyā purī purābhūd amarāvatīva sā dvārakā saṃprati tatra cāste sa keśavāṃśo baladevanāmā //
That lovely city of yours, O king, which was formerly Kuśasthalī, is now Dvārakā, like Amarāvatī; and there dwells that portion of Keśava named Baladeva.
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ViP 4 1.69
तस्मै त्वम् एनां तनयां नरेन्द्र प्रयच्छ मायामनुजाय जायाम् श्लाघ्यो वरो ऽसौ तनया तवेयं स्त्रीरत्नभूता सदृशो हि योगः ॥
tasmai tvam enāṃ tanayāṃ narendra prayaccha māyāmanujāya jāyām ślāghyo varo 'sau tanayā taveyaṃ strīratnabhūtā sadṛśo hi yogaḥ //
To him, O lord of men, give this daughter as wife — to the younger brother of Māyā's (son); that suitor is praiseworthy, and this daughter of yours is a jewel among women: the union is indeed fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 4 1.70
इतीरितो ऽसौ कमलोद्भवेन भुवं समासाद्य पतिः प्रजानाम् ददर्श ह्रस्वान् पुरुषान् अशेषान् अल्पौजसः स्वल्पविवेकवीर्यान् ॥
itīrito 'sau kamalodbhavena bhuvaṃ samāsādya patiḥ prajānām dadarśa hrasvān puruṣān aśeṣān alpaujasaḥ svalpavivekavīryān //
Thus addressed by the lotus-born one, that lord of subjects, on reaching the earth, saw all men short, of little vigour, of scant discernment and strength.
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ViP 4 1.71
कुशस्थलीं तां च पुरीम् उपेत्य दृष्ट्वान्यरूपां प्रददौ स्वकन्याम् सीरध्वजाय स्फटिकाचलाभ वक्षःस्थलायातुलधीर् नरेन्द्रः ॥
kuśasthalīṃ tāṃ ca purīm upetya dṛṣṭvānyarūpāṃ pradadau svakanyām sīradhvajāya sphaṭikācalābha vakṣaḥsthalāyātuladhīr narendraḥ //
And coming to that city Kuśasthalī and seeing it altered in form, the king of unequalled understanding gave his own daughter to the plough-bannered one, whose chest resembled a crystal mountain.
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ViP 4 1.72
उच्चप्रमाणाम् इति ताम् अवेक्ष्य स्वलाङ्गलाग्रेण स तालकेतुः विनामयाम् आस ततश् च सापि बभूव सद्यो वनिता यथान्या ॥
uccapramāṇām iti tām avekṣya svalāṅgalāgreṇa sa tālaketuḥ vināmayām āsa tataś ca sāpi babhūva sadyo vanitā yathānyā //
Observing that she was of too great a stature, that Tālaketu (Balarāma) bent her down with the tip of his own plough; and thereupon she at once became a woman like any other.
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ViP 4 1.73
तां रेवतीं रैवतभूपकन्यां सीरायुधो ऽसौ विधिनोपयेमे दत्त्वा च कन्यां स नृपो जगाम हिमालयं वै तपसे धृतात्मा ॥
tāṃ revatīṃ raivatabhūpakanyāṃ sīrāyudho 'sau vidhinopayeme dattvā ca kanyāṃ sa nṛpo jagāma himālayaṃ vai tapase dhṛtātmā //
That Revatī, the daughter of King Raivata, he of the plough-weapon married according to the rite; and the king, having given away his daughter, went off indeed to the Himālaya for austerity, his self held firm.
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