{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/vp/vp033.htm","path":"hin/vp/vp033.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp033.htm","text":"The Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, [1840]\nCHAP. I.--Invocation. Maitreya inquires of his teacher, Par\u00e1\u015bara, the origin and nature of the universe. Par\u00e1\u015bara performs a rite to destroy the demons: reproved by Va\u015bisht\u0301ha, he desists: Pulastya appears, and bestows upon him divine knowledge: he repeats the Vish\u0144u Pur\u00e1\u0144a. Vish\u0144u the origin, existence, and end of all things.--P. 1.\nCHAP. II.--Prayer of Par\u00e1\u015bara to Vish\u0144u. Successive narration of the Vish\u0144u Pur\u00e1\u0144a. Explanation of V\u00e1sudeva: his existence before creation: his first manifestations. Description of Pradh\u00e1na, or the chief principle of things. Cosmogony. Of Pr\u00e1krita, or material creation; of time; of the active cause. Development of effects; Mahat; Ahank\u00e1ra; Tanm\u00e1tras; elements; objects of sense; senses; of the mundane egg. Vish\u0144u the same as Brahm\u00e1 the creator; Vish\u0144u the preserver; Rudra the destroyer.--P. 5.\nCHAP. III.--Measure of time. Moments or K\u00e1sht\u0301h\u00e1s, &c.; day and night, fortnight, month, year, divine year: Yugas, or ages: Mah\u00e1yuga, or great age: day of Brahm\u00e1: periods of the Manus: a Manwantara: night of Brahm\u00e1, and destruction of the world: a year of Brahm\u00e1: his life: a Kalpa: a Par\u00e1rddha: the past, or P\u00e1dma Kalpa: the present, or V\u00e1r\u00e1ha.--P. 21.\nCHAP. IV.--N\u00e1r\u00e1ya\u0144a's appearance, in the beginning of the Kalpa, as the Var\u00e1ha or boar: Prithiv\u00ed (Earth) addresses him: he raises the world from beneath the waters: hymned by Sanandana and the Yogis. The earth floats on the ocean: divided into seven zones. The lower spheres of the universe restored. Creation renewed.--P. 27.\nCHAP. V.--Vish\u0144u as Brahm\u00e1 creates the world. General characteristics of creation. Brahm\u00e1 meditates, and gives origin to immovable things, animals, gods, men. Specific creation of nine kinds; Mahat, Tanm\u00e1tra, Aindr\u00edya, inanimate objects, animals, gods, men, Anugraha, and Kaum\u00e1ra. More particular account of creation. Origin of different orders of beings from Brahm\u00e1's body under different conditions;\nand of the Vedas from his mouths. All things created again as they existed in a former Kalpa.--P. 34.\nCHAP. VI.--Origin of the four castes: their primitive state. Progress of society. Different kinds of grain. Efficacy of sacrifice. Duties of men: regions. assigned them after death.--P. 44.\nCHAP. VII.--Creation continued. Production of the mind-born sons of Brahm\u00e1; of the Praj\u00e1patis; of Sanandana and others; of Rudra and the eleven Rudras; of the Manu Sw\u00e1yambhuva, and his wife \u015aatar\u00fap\u00e1; of their children, The daughters of Daksha, and their marriage to Dharma and others. The progeny of Dharma and Adharma. The perpetual succession of worlds, and different modes of mundane dissolution.--P. 49.\nCHAP. VIII.--Origin of Rudra: his becoming eight Rudras: their wives and children. The posterity of Bhrigu. Account of \u015ar\u00ed in conjunction with Vish\u0144u. (Sacrifice of Daksha.)--P. 58.\nCHAP. IX.--Legend of Lakshm\u00ed. Durv\u00e1sas gives a garland to Indra: he treats it disrespectfully, and is cursed by the Muni. The power of the gods impaired: they are oppressed by the D\u00e1navas, and have recourse to Vish\u0144u. The churning of the ocean. Praises of \u015ar\u00ed.--P. 70.\nCHAP. X.--The descendants of the daughters of Daksha married to the Rishis.--P. 82.\nCHAP. XI.--Legend of Dhruva, the son of Utt\u00e1nap\u00e1da: he is unkindly treated by his father's second wife: applies to his mother: her advice: he resolves to engage in religious exercises: sees the seven Rishis, who recommend him to propitiate Vish\u0144u.--P.86.\nCHAP. XII.--Dhruva commences a course of religious austerities. Unsuccessful attempts of Indra and his ministers to distract Dhruva's attention: they appeal to Vish\u0144u, who allays their fears, and appears to Dhruva. Dhruva praises Vish\u0144u, and is raised to the skies as the pole-star.--P. 90.\nCHAP. XIII.--Posterity of Dhruva. Legend of Ve\u0144a: his impiety: he is put to death by the Rishis. Anarchy ensues. The production of Nish\u00e1da and Prithu: the latter the first king. The origin of S\u00fata and M\u00e1gadha: they enumerate the duties of kings. Prithu compels Earth to acknowledge his authority: he levels it: introduces cultivation: erects cities. Earth called after bins Prithiv\u00ed: typified as a cow.--P. 98.\nCHAP. XIV.--Descendants of Prithu. Legend of the Prachetasas: they are desired by their father to multiply mankind, by worshipping Vish\u0144u: they plunge into the sea, and meditate on and praise him: he appears, and grants their wishes.--P. 106.\nCHAP. XV.--The world overrun with trees: they are destroyed by the Prachetasas. Soma pacifies them, and gives them M\u00e1rish\u00e1 to wife: her story: the daughter of the nymph Pramloch\u00e1. Legend of Ka\u0144d\u0301u. M\u00e1rish\u00e1's former history. Daksha the son of the Prachetasas: his different characters: his sons: his daughters: their marriages and progeny: allusion to Prahl\u00e1da, his descendant.--P. 110.\nCHAP. XVI.--Inquiries of Maitreya respecting the history of Prahl\u00e1da.--P. 125.\nCHAP. XVII.--Legend of Prahl\u00e1da. Hira\u0144yaka\u015bipu the sovereign of the universe: the gods dispersed, or in servitude to him: Prahl\u00e1da, his son, remains devoted to Vish\u0144u: questioned by his father, he praises Vish\u0144u: Hira\u0144yaka\u015bipu orders him to be put to death, but in vain: his repeated deliverance: he teaches his companions to adore Vish\u0144u.--P. 126.\nCHAP. XVIII.--Hira\u0144yaka\u015bipu's reiterated attempts to destroy his son: their being always frustrated.--P. 134.\nCHAP. XIX.--Dialogue between Prahl\u00e1da and his father: he is cast from the top of the palace unhurt: baffles the incantations of Samvara: he is thrown fettered into the sea: he praises Vish\u0144u.--P. 137.\nCHAP. XX.--Vish\u0144u appears to Prahl\u00e1da. Hira\u0144yaka\u015bipu relents, and is reconciled to his son: he is put to death by Vish\u0144u as the Nrisinha. Prahl\u00e1da becomes king of the Daityas: his posterity: fruit of hearing his story.--P. 143\nCHAP. XXI.--Families of the Daityas. Descendants of Ka\u015byapa by Danu. Children of Ka\u015byapa by his other wives. Birth of the M\u00e1rutas, the sons of Diti.--P. 147.\nCHAP. XXII.--Dominion over different provinces of creation assigned to different beings. Universality of Vish\u0144u. Four varieties of spiritual contemplation. Two conditions of spirit. The perceptible attributes of Vish\u0144u types of his imperceptible properties. Vish\u0144u every thing. Merit of hearing the first book of the Vish\u0144u Pur\u00e1\u0144a.--P. 153.\nCHAP. I.--Descendants of Priyavrata, the eldest son of Sw\u00e1yambhuva Manu: his ten sons: three adopt a religious life; the others become kings of the seven Dw\u00edpas, or isles, of the earth. Agn\u00eddhra, king of Jambu-dw\u00edpa, divides it into nine portions, which he distributes amongst his sons. N\u00e1bhi, king of the south, succeeded by Rishabha; and he by Bharata: India named after him Bh\u00e1rata: his descendants reign during the Sw\u00e1yambhuva Manwantara.--P. 161.\nCHAP. II.--Description of the earth. The seven Dw\u00edpas and seven seas. Jambu-dw\u00edpa. Mount Meru: its extent and boundaries. Extent of Il\u00e1vrita. Groves, lakes, and branches of Meru. Cities of the gods. Rivers. The forms of Vish\u0144u worshipped in different Varshas.--P. 166.\nCHAP. III.--Description of Bharata-varsha: extent: chief mountains: nine divisions: principal rivers and mountains of Bh\u00e1rata proper: principal nations: superiority over other Varshas, especially as the seat of religious acts. (Topographical lists).--P. 174.\nCHAP. IV.--Account of kings, divisions, mountains, rivers, and inhabitants of the other Dw\u00edpas, viz. Plaksha, \u015a\u00e1lmala, Ku\u015ba, Krauncha, \u015a\u00e1ka, and Pushkara: of the oceans separating them: of the tides: of the confines of the earth: the Lok\u00e1loka mountain. Extent of the whole.--P. 197.\nCHAP. V.--Of the seven regions of P\u00e1t\u00e1la, below the earth. N\u00e1rada's praises of P\u00e1t\u00e1la. Account of the serpent \u015aesha. First teacher of astronomy and astrology.--P. 204.\nCHAP. VI.--Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below P\u00e1t\u00e1la: the crimes punished in them respectively: efficacy of expiation: meditation on Vish\u0144u the most effective expiation.--P. 207.\nCHAP. VII.--Extent and situation of the seven spheres, viz. earth, sky, planets, Mahar-loka, Jana-loka, Tapo-loka, and Satya-loka. Of the egg of Brahm\u00e1, and its elementary envelopes. Of the influence of the energy of Vish\u0144u.--P. 212.\nCHAP. VIII.--Description of the sun: his chariot; its two axles: his horses. The cities of the regents of the cardinal points. The sun's course: nature of his rays: his path along the ecliptic. Length of day and night. Divisions of time: equinoxes and solstices, months, years, the cyclical Yuga, or age of five years. Northern and southern declinations. Saints on the Lok\u00e1loka mountain. Celestial paths of the\n[paragraph continues] Pitris, gods, Vish\u0144u. Origin of Gang\u00e1, and separation, on the top of Meru, into four great rivers.--P. 217.\nCHAP. IX.--Planetary system, under the type of a \u015ai\u015bum\u00e1ra, or porpoise. The earth nourished by the sun. Of rain whilst the sun shines. Of rain from clouds. Rain the support of vegetation, and thence of animal life. N\u00e1r\u00e1ya\u0144a the support of all beings.--P. 230.\nCHAP. X.--Names of the twelve \u00c1dityas. Names of the Rishis, Gandharbas, Apsarasas, Yakshas, Uragas, and R\u00e1kshasas, who attend the chariot of the sun in each month of the year. Their respective functions.--P. 233.\nCHAP. XI.--The sun distinct from, and supreme over, the attendants on his car: identical with the three Vedas and with Vish\u0144u: his functions.--P. 235.\nCHAP. XII.--Description of the moon: his chariot, horses, and course: fed by the sun: drained periodically of ambrosia by the progenitors and gods. The chariots and horses of the planets: kept in their orbits by aerial chains attached to Dhruva. Typical members of the planetary porpoise. V\u00e1sudeva alone real.--P. 238.\nCHAP. XIII.--Legend of Bharata. Bharata abdicates his throne, and becomes an ascetic: cherishes a fawn, and becomes so much attached to it as to neglect his devotions: he dies: his successive births: works in the fields, and is pressed as a palankin-bearer for the R\u00e1j\u00e1 of Sauv\u00edra: rebuked for his awkwardness: his reply: dialogue between him and the king.--P. 243.\nCHAP. XIV.--Dialogue continued. Bharata expounds the nature of existence, the end of life, and the identification of individual with universal spirit.--P. 251.\nCHAP. XV.--Bharata relates the story of Ribhu and Nid\u00e1gha. The latter, the pupil of the former, becomes a prince, and is visited by his preceptor, who explains to him the principles of unity, and departs.--P. 254.\nCHAP. XVI.--Ribhu returns to his disciple, and perfects him in divine knowledge. The same recommended to the R\u00e1j\u00e1 by Bharata, who thereupon obtains final liberation. Consequences of hearing this legend.--P. 257\nCHAP. I.--Account of the several Manus and Manwantaras. Sw\u00e1rochisha the second Manu: the divinities, the Indra, the seven Rishis of his period, and his sons. Similar details of Auttami, T\u00e1masa, Raivata, Ch\u00e1kshusha, and Vaivaswata. The forms of Vish\u0144u, as the preserver, in each Manwantara. The meaning of Vish\u0144u.---P. 259.\nCHAP. II.--Of the seven future Manus and Manwantaras. Story of Sanjn\u00e1 and Chh\u00e1y\u00e1, wives of the sun. S\u00e1var\u0144i, son of Chh\u00e1y\u00e1, the eighth Manu. His successors, with the divinities, &c. of their respective periods. Appearance of Vish\u0144u in each of the four Yugas.--P. 266.\nCHAP. III.--Division of the Veda into four portions, by a Vy\u00e1sa, in every Dw\u00e1para age. List of the twenty-eight Vy\u00e1sas of the present Manwantara. Meaning of the word Brahma.--P. 272.\nCHAP. IV.--Division of the Veda, in the last Dw\u00e1para age, by the Vy\u00e1sa Krish\u0144a Dwaip\u00e1yana. Paila made reader of the Rich; Vai\u015bamp\u00e1yana of the Yajush; Jaimini of the S\u00e1man; and Sumantu of the Atharvan. S\u00fata appointed to teach the historical poems. Origin of the four parts of the Veda. Sanhit\u00e1s of the Rig-veda.--P. 275.\nCHAP. V.--Divisions of the Yajur-veda. Story of Y\u00e1jnawalkya: forced to give up what he has learned: picked up by others, forming the Taittir\u00edya-yajush. Y\u00e1jnawalkya worships the sun, who communicates to him the V\u00e1jasaney\u00ed-yajush.--P. 279.\nCHAP. VI.--Divisions of the S\u00e1ma-veda: of the Atharva-veda. Four Paur\u00e1\u0144ik Sanhit\u00e1s. Names of the eighteen Pur\u00e1\u0144as. Branches of knowledge. Classes of Rishis.--P. 282.\nCHAP. VII.--By what means men are exempted from the authority of Yama, as narrated by Bh\u00edshma to Nakula. Dialogue between Yama and one of his attendants. Worshippers of Vish\u0144u not subject to Yama. How they are to be known.--P. 286.\nCHAP. VIII.--How Vish\u0144u is to be worshipped, as related by Aurva to Sagara. Duties of the four castes, severally and in common: also in time of distress.--P. 290.\nCHAP. IX.--Duties of the religious student, householder, hermit, and mendicant P. 294.\nCHAP. X.--Ceremonies to be observed at the birth and naming of a child. Of marrying, or leading a religious life. Choice of a wife. Different modes of marrying--P. 297.\nCHAP. XI.--Of the Sad\u00e1ch\u00e1ras, or perpetual obligations of a householder. Daily purifications, ablutions, libations, and oblations: hospitality: obsequial rites: ceremonies to be observed at meals, at morning and evening worship, and on going to rest--P. 300.\nCHAP. XII.--Miscellaneous obligations--purificatory, ceremonial, and moral.--P. 310.\nCHAP. XIII.--Of \u015ar\u00e1ddhas, or rites in honour of ancestors, to be performed on occasions of rejoicing. Obsequial ceremonies. Of the Ekoddisht\u0301a or monthly \u015ar\u00e1ddha, and the Sapi\u0144d\u0301ana or annual one. By whom to be performed.--P. 314.\nCHAP. XIV.--Of occasional \u015ar\u00e1ddhas, or obsequial ceremonies: when most efficacious, and at what places.--P. 320.\nCHAP. XV.--What Brahmans are to be entertained at \u015ar\u00e1ddhas. Different prayers to be recited. Offerings of food to be presented to deceased ancestors.--P. 325.\nCHAP. XVI.--Things proper to be offered as food to deceased ancestors: prohibited things. Circumstances vitiating a \u015ar\u00e1ddha: how to be avoided. Song of the Pitris, or progenitors, heard by Ikshw\u00e1ku.--P. 332.\nCHAP. XVII.--Of heretics, or those who reject the authority of the Vedas: their origin, as described by Va\u015bisht\u0301ha to Bh\u00edshma: the gods, defeated by the Daityas, praise Vish\u0144u: an illusory being, or Buddha, produced from his body.--P. 334.\nCHAP. XVIII.--Buddha goes to the earth, and teaches the Daityas to contemn the Vedas: his sceptical doctrines: his prohibition of animal sacrifices. Meaning of the term Bauddha. Jainas and Bauddhas; their tenets. The Daityas lose their power, and are overcome by the gods. Meaning of the term Nagna. Consequences of neglect of duty. Story of \u015aatadhanu and his wife \u015aaivy\u00e1. Communion with heretics to be shunned.--P. 340.\nCHAP. I.--Dynasties of kings. Origin of the solar dynasty from Brahm\u00e1. Sons of the Manu Vaivaswata. Transformations of Il\u00e1 or Sudyumna. Descendants of the sons of Vaivaswat: those of Nedisht\u0301a. Greatness of M\u00e1rutta. Kings of Vai\u015b\u00e1l\u00ed. Descendants of \u015aary\u00e1ti. Legend of Raivata: iris daughter Revat\u00ed married to Balar\u00e1ma.--P. 347.\nCHAP. II.--Dispersion of Revata's descendants: those of Dhrisht\u0301a: those of N\u00e1bh\u00e1ga. Birth of Ikshw\u00e1ku, the son of Vaivaswata: his sons. Line of Vikukshi. Legend of Kakutstha; of Dhundhum\u00e1ra; of Yuvan\u00e1\u015bwa; of M\u00e1ndh\u00e1tri: his daughters married to Saubhari.--P. 358.\nCHAP. III.--Saubhari and his wives adopt an ascetic life. Descendants of M\u00e1ndh\u00e1tri. Legend of Narmad\u00e1 and Purukutsa. Legend of Tri\u015banku. B\u00e1hu driven from his kingdom by the Haihayas and T\u00e1lajanghas. Birth of Sagara: he conquers the barbarians, imposes upon them distinguishing usages, and excludes them from offerings to fire, and the study of the Vedas.--P. 369.\nCHAP. IV.--The progeny of Sagara: their wickedness: he performs an A\u015bwamedha: the horse stolen by Kapila: found by Sagara's sons, who are all destroyed by the sage: the horse recovered by An\u015bumat: his descendants. Legend of Mitrasaha or Kalm\u00e1shap\u00e1da, the son of Sud\u00e1sa. Legend of Khat\u0301w\u00e1nga. Birth of R\u00e1ma and the other sons of Da\u015baratha. Epitome of the history of R\u00e1ma: his descendants, and those of his brothers. Line of Ku\u015ba. Vrihadbala, the last, killed in the great war.--P. 377.\nCHAP. V.--Kings of Mithil\u00e1. Legend of Nimi, the son of Ikshw\u00e1ku. Birth of Janaka. Sacrifice of S\u00edradhwaja. Origin of S\u00edt\u00e1. Descendants of Ku\u015badhwaja. Krita the last of the Maithila princes.--P. 388.\nCHAP. VI.--Kings of the lunar dynasty. Origin of Soma or the moon: he carries off T\u00e1r\u00e1, the wife of Vrihaspati: war between the gods and Asuras in consequence: appeased by Brahm\u00e1. Birth of Budha: married to Il\u00e1, daughter of Vaivaswata. Legend of his son Pur\u00faravas, and the nymph Urva\u015b\u00ed: the former institutes offerings with fire: ascends to the sphere of the Gandharbas,--P. 392.\nCHAP. VII.--Sons of Pur\u00faravas. Descendants of Am\u00e1vasu. Indra born as G\u00e1dhi. Legend of Rich\u00edka and Satyavat\u00ed. Birth of Jamadagni and Vi\u015bw\u00e1mitra. Para\u015bur\u00e1ma\nthe son of the former. (Legend of Para\u015bur\u00e1ma.) Sunah\u015bephas and others the sons of Vi\u015bw\u00e1mitra, forming the Kau\u015bika race.--P. 398.\nCHAP. VIII.--Sons of \u00c1yus. Line of Kshatravriddha, or kings of K\u00e1\u015b\u00ed. Former birth of Dhanwantari. Various names of Pratarddana. Greatness of Alarka.--P. 406.\nCHAP. IX.--Descendants of Raji, son of \u00c1yus: Indra resigns his throne to him: claimed after his death by his sons, who apostatize from the religion of the Vedas, and are destroyed by Indra. Descendants of Prat\u00edkshatra, son of Kshatravriddha.--P. 411.\nCHAP. X.--The sons of Nahusha. The sons of Yay\u00e1ti: he is cursed by \u015aukra: wishes his sons to exchange their vigour for his infirmities. Puru alone consents. Yay\u00e1ti restores him his youth: divides the earth amongst his sons, under the supremacy of Puru.--P. 413.\nCHAP. XI.--The Y\u00e1dava race, or descendants of Yadu. K\u00e1rttav\u00edrya obtains a boon from Datt\u00e1treya: takes R\u00e1va\u0144a prisoner: is killed by Para\u015bur\u00e1ma: his descendants.--P. 416.\nCHAP. XIII.--Descendants of Krosht\u0301ri. Jy\u00e1magha's connubial affection for his wife \u015aaivy\u00e1: their descendants kings of Vidarbha and Chedi.--P. 420.\nCHAP. XIII.--Sons of Satwata. Bhoja princes of Mrittik\u00e1vat\u00ed. S\u00farya the friend of Satr\u00e1jit: appears to him in a bodily form: gives him the Syamantaka gem: its brilliance and marvellous properties. Satr\u00e1jit gives it to Prasena, who is killed by a lion: the lion killed by the bear J\u00e1mbavat. Krish\u0144a suspected of killing Prasena, goes to look for him in the forests: traces the bear to his cave: fights with him for the jewel: the contest prolonged: supposed by his companions to be slain: he overthrows J\u00e1mbavat, and marries his daughter J\u00e1mbavat\u00ed: returns with her and the jewel to Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1: restores the jewel to Satr\u00e1jit, and marries his daughter Satyabh\u00e1m\u00e1. Satr\u00e1jit murdered by \u015aatadhanwan: avenged by Krish\u0144a. Quarrel between Krish\u0144a and Balar\u00e1ma. Akr\u00fara possessed of the jewel: leaves Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1. Public calamities. Meeting of the Y\u00e1davas. Story of Akr\u00fara's birth: he is invited to return: accused by Krish\u0144a of having the Syamantaka jewel: produces it in full assembly: it remains in his charge: Krish\u0144a acquitted of having purloined it.--P. 424\nCHAP. XIV.--Descendants of \u015aini, of Anamitra, of \u015awaphalka and Chitraka, of Andhaka. The children of Devaka and Ugrasena. The descendants of Bhajam\u00e1na.\n[paragraph continues] Children of \u015a\u00fara: his son V\u00e1sudeva: his daughter Pritha married to P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u: her children, Yudhisht\u0301hira and his brothers; also Kar\u0144a by \u00c1ditya. The sons of P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u by M\u00e1dr\u00ed. Husbands and children of \u015a\u00fara's other daughters. Previous births of \u015ai\u015bup\u00e1la.--P. 435.\nCHAP. XV.--Explanation of the reason why \u015ai\u015bup\u00e1la in his previous births as Hira\u0144yaka\u015bipu and R\u00e1va\u0144a was not identified with Vish\u0144u on being slain by him, and was so identified when killed as \u015ai\u015bup\u00e1la. The wives of V\u00e1sudeva: his children: Balar\u00e1ma and Krish\u0144a his sons by Devak\u00ed: born apparently of Rohi\u0144\u00ed and Yasod\u00e1. The wives and children of Krish\u0144a. Multitude of the descendants of Yadu.--P. 438.\nCHAP. XVI.--Descendants of Turvasu.--P. 442.\nCHAP. XVII.--Descendants of Druhyu.--P. 443.\nCHAP. XVIII.--Descendants of Anu. Countries and towns named after some of them, as Anga, Banga, and others.--P. 444.\nCHAP. XIX.--Descendants of Puru. Birth of Bharata, the son of Dushyanta: his sons killed: adopts Bharadw\u00e1ja or Vitatha. Hastin, founder of Hastinapur. Sons of Aj\u00e1m\u00edd\u0301ha, and the races derived from them, as P\u00e1nch\u00e1las, &c. Kripa and Krip\u00ed found by \u015a\u00e1ntanu. Descendants of Riksha, the son of Aj\u00e1m\u00edd\u0301ha. Kurukshetra named from Kuru. Jar\u00e1sandha and others, kings of Magadh\u00e1.--P. 447.\nCHAP. XX.--Descendants of Kuru. Dev\u00e1pi abdicates the throne: assumed by S\u00e1ntanu: he is confirmed by the Brahmans: Bh\u00edshma his son by Gang\u00e1: his other sons. Birth of Dhritar\u00e1sht\u0301ra, P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u, and Vidura. The hundred sons of Dhritar\u00e1sht\u0301ra. The five sons of P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u: married to Draupad\u00ed: their posterity. Par\u00edkshit, the grandson of Arjuna, the reigning king.--P. 457.\nCHAP. XXI.--Future kings. Descendants of Par\u00edkshit, ending with Kshemaka.--P. 461.\nCHAP. XXII.--Future kings of the family of Ikshw\u00e1ku, ending with Sumitra.--P. 463.\nCHAP. XXIII.--Future kings of Magadh\u00e1, descendants of Vrihadratha.--P. 465.\nCHAP. XXIV.--Future kings of Magadh\u00e1. Five princes of the line of Pradyota. Ten\n[paragraph continues] \u015aai\u015bun\u00e1gas. Nine Nandas. Ten Mauryas. Ten \u015aungas. Four Ka\u0144was. Thirty \u00c1ndhrabhrityas. Kings of various tribes and castes, and periods of their rule. Ascendancy of barbarians. Different races in different regions. Period of universal iniquity and decay. Coming of Vish\u0144u as Kalki. Destruction of the wicked, and restoration of the practices of the Vedas. End of the K\u00e1l\u00ed, and return of the Krita, age. Duration of the K\u00e1l\u00ed. Verses chanted by Earth, and communicated by Asita to Jamaka. End of the fourth book.--P. 466.\nCHAP. I.--The death of Kansa announced. Earth, oppressed by the Daityas, applies to the gods. They accompany her to Vish\u0144u, who promises to give her relief. Kansa imprisons V\u00e1sudeva and Devak\u00ed. Vish\u0144u's instructions to Yoganidr\u00e1.--P. 491.\nCHAP. II.--The conception of Devak\u00ed: her appearance: she is praised by the gods.--P. 500.\nCHAP. III.--Birth of Krish\u0144a: conveyed by V\u00e1sudeva to Mathur\u00e1, and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Ya\u015bod\u00e1. Kansa attempts to destroy the latter, who becomes Yoganidr\u00e1..--P. 502.\nCHAP. IV.--Kansa addresses his friends, announces their danger, and orders male children to be put to death.--P. 504.\nCHAP. V.--Nanda returns with the infants Krish\u0144a and Balar\u00e1ma to Gokula. P\u00fatan\u00e1 killed by the former. Prayers of Nanda and Ya\u015bod\u00e1.--P. 506.\nCHAP. VI.--Kris\u0144a overturns a waggon: casts down two trees. The Gopas depart to Vrind\u00e1vana. Sports of the boys. Description of the season of the rains.--P. 508.\nCHAP. VII. Krish\u0144a combats the serpent K\u00e1l\u00edya: alarm of his parents and companions: he overcomes the serpent, and is propitiated by him: commands him to depart from the Yamun\u00e1 river to the ocean.--P. 512.\nCHAP. VIII.--The demon Dhenuka destroyed by R\u00e1ma.--P. 517.\nCHAP. IX.--Sports of the boys in the forest. Pralamba the Asura comes amongst them: is destroyed by R\u00e1ma, at the command of Krish\u0144a.--P. 518.\nCHAP. X.--Description of autumn. Krish\u0144a dissuades Nanda from worshipping Indra: recommends him and the Gopas to worship cattle and the mountains.--P. 522.\nCHAP. XI.--Indra, offended by the loss of his offerings, causes heavy rains to deluge Gokula. Krish\u0144a holds up the mountain Govarddhana to shelter the cowherds and their cattle.--P. 526,\nCHAP. XII.--Indra comes to Gokula: praises Krish\u0144a, and makes him prince over the cattle. Krish\u0144a promises to befriend Arjuna.--P. 528.\nCHAP. XIII.--Krish\u0144a praised by the cowherds: his sports with the Gop\u00eds: their imitation and love of him. The R\u00e1sa dance.--P. 531.\nCHAP. XIV,--Krish\u0144a kills the demon Arisht\u0301a, in the form of a bull.--P. 536.\nCHAP. XV.--Kansa informed by N\u00e1rada of the existence of Krish\u0144a and Balar\u00e1ma: he sends Ke\u015bin to destroy them, and Ak\u00fara to bring them to Mathur\u00e1.--P. 537.\nCHAP. XVI.--Ke\u015bin, in the form of a horse, slain by Krish\u0144a: he is praised by N\u00e1rada.--P. 539.\nCHAP. XVII.--Akr\u00fara's meditation on Krish\u0144a: his arrival at Gokula: his delight at seeing Krish\u0144a and his brother.--P. 541.\nCHAP. XVIII.--Grief of the Gop\u00eds on the departure of Krish\u0144a and Balar\u00e1ma with Akr\u00fara: their leaving Gokula. Akr\u00fara bathes in the Yamun\u00e1; beholds the divine forms of the two youths, and praises Vish\u0144u.--P. 544.\nCHAP. XIX.--Akr\u00fara conveys Krish\u0144a and R\u00e1ma near to Mathur\u00e1, and leaves them: they enter the town. Insolence of Kansa's washerman: Krish\u0144a kills him. Civility of a flower-seller: Krish\u0144a gives him his benediction.--P. 548.\nCHAP. XX.--Krish\u0144a and Balar\u00e1ma meet Kubja; she is made straight by the former: they proceed to the palace. Krish\u0144a breaks a bow intended for a trial of arms. Kansa's orders to his servants. Public games. Krish\u0144a and his brother enter the arena: the former wrestles with Ch\u00e1\u0144\u00fara, the latter with Musht\u0301ika, the king's wrestlers; who are both killed. Krish\u0144a attacks and slays Kansa: he and Balar\u00e1ma do homage to V\u00e1sudeva and Devak\u00ed: the former praises Krish\u0144a.--P. 550.\nCHAP. XXI.--Krish\u0144a encourages his parents; places Ugrasena on the throne; becomes the pupil of S\u00e1ndipan\u00ed, whose son he recovers from the sea: he kills the marine demon Panchajana, and makes a horn of his shell.--P. 560.\nCHAP. XXII.--Jar\u00e1sandha besieges Mathur\u00e1; is defeated, but repeatedly renews the attack.--P. 563.\nCHAP. XXIII.--Birth of K\u00e1layavana: he advances against Mathur\u00e1. Krish\u0144a builds Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1, and sends thither the Y\u00e1dava tribe: he leads K\u00e1layavana into the cave of Muchukunda: the latter awakes, consumes the Yavana king, and praises Krish\u0144a.--P. 565.\nCHAP. XXIV.--Muchukunda goes to perform penance. Krish\u0144a takes the army and treasures of K\u00e1layavana, and repairs with them to Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1. Balar\u00e1ma visits Vraja: inquiries of its inhabitants after Krish\u0144a.--P. 569.\nCHAP. XXV.--Balar\u00e1ma finds wine in the hollow of a tree; becomes inebriated; commands the Yamun\u00e1 to come to him, and on her refusal drags her out of her course: Lakshm\u00ed gives him ornaments and a dress: he returns to Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1, and marries Revat\u00ed.--P. 571.\nCHAP. XXVI.--Krish\u0144a carries off Rukmin\u00ed: the princes who come to rescue her repulsed by Balar\u00e1ma. Rukmin overthrown, but spared by Krish\u0144a, founds Bhojakat\u0301a. Pradyumna born of Rukmin\u00ed.--P. 573.\nCHAP. XXVII.--Pradyumna stolen by Sambara; thrown into the sea, and swallowed by a fish; found by M\u00e1y\u00e1dev\u00ed: he kills Sambara, marries M\u00e1y\u00e1dev\u00ed, and returns with her to Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1. Joy of Rukmin\u00ed and Krish\u0144a.--P. 575\nCHAP. XXVIII.--Wives of Krish\u0144a. Pradyumna has Aniruddha: nuptials of the latter. Balar\u00e1ma beat at dice, becomes incensed, and slays Rukmin and others.--P. 578.\nCHAP. XXIX.--Indra comes to Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1, and reports to Krish\u0144a the tyranny of Naraka. Krish\u0144a goes to his city, and puts him to death. Earth gives the earrings of Adit\u00ed to Krish\u0144a, and praises him. He liberates the princesses made captive by Naraka, sends them to Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1, and goes to Swarga with Satyabh\u00e1m\u00e1.--P. 581.\nCHAP. XXXI.--Krish\u0144a restores her earrings to Adit\u00ed, and is praised by her: he visits\nthe gardens of Indra, and at the desire of Satyabh\u00e1m\u00e1 carries off the P\u00e1rij\u00e1ta tree. \u015aach\u00ed excites Indra to its rescue. Conflict between the gods and Krish\u0144a, who defeats them. Satyabh\u00e1m\u00e1 derides them. They praise Krish\u0144a.--P. 584.\nCHAP. XXXI.--Krish\u0144a, with Indra's consent, takes the P\u00e1rij\u00e1ta tree to Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1; marries the princesses rescued from Naraka.--P. 589.\nCHAP. XXXII.--Children of Krish\u0144a. Ush\u00e1, the daughter of B\u00e1\u0144a, sees Aniruddha in a dream, and becomes enamoured of him.--P. 591.\nCHAP. XXXIII.--B\u00e1\u0144a solicits \u015aiva for war: finds Aniruddha in the palace, and makes him prisoner. Krish\u0144a, Balar\u00e1ma, and Pradyumna come to his rescue. \u015aiva and Skanda aid B\u00e1\u0144a: the former is disabled; the latter put to flight. B\u00e1\u0144a encounters Krish\u0144a, who cuts off all his arms, and is about to put him to death. \u015aiva intercedes, and Krish\u0144a spares his life. Vish\u0144u and \u015aiva are the same.--P. 593.\nCHAP. XXXIV.--Pau\u0144d\u0301raka, a V\u00e1sudeva, assumes the insignia and style of Krish\u0144a, supported by the king of Kai. Krish\u0144a marches against, and destroys them. The son of the king sends a magical being against Krish\u0144a: destroyed by his discus, which also sets Benares on fire, and consumes it and its inhabitants.--P. 597.\nCHAP. XXXV.--\u015a\u00e1mba carries off the daughter of Duryodhana, but is taken prisoner. Balar\u00e1ma comes to Hastinapur, and demands his liberation: it is refused: in his wrath he drags the city towards him, to throw it into the river. The Kuru chiefs give up \u015a\u00e1mba and his wife.--P. 601.\nCHAP. XXXVI.--The Asura Dwivida, in the form of an ape, destroyed by Balar\u00e1ma.-- P. 604.\nCHAP. XXXVII.--Destruction of the Y\u00e1davas. \u015a\u00e1mba and others deceive and ridicule the Rishis. The former bears an iron pestle: it is broken, and thrown into the sea. The Y\u00e1davas go to Prabh\u00e1sa by desire of Krish\u0144a: they quarrel and fight, and all perish. The great serpent \u015aesha issues from the mouth of R\u00e1ma. Krish\u0144a is shot by a hunter, and again becomes one with universal spirit.--P. 606.\nCHAP. XXXVIII.--Arjuna comes to Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1, and burns the dead, and takes away the surviving inhabitants. Commencement of the K\u00e1l\u00ed age. Shepherds and thieves attack Arjuna, and carry off the women and wealth. Arjuna regrets the loss of his prowess to Vy\u00e1sa; who consoles him, and tells him the story of Asht\u0301\u00e1vakra's cursing\nthe Apsarasas. Arjuna and his brothers place Par\u00edkshit on the throne, and go to the forests. End of the fifth book.--P. 613.\nCHAP. I.--Of the dissolution of the world: the four ages: the decline of all things, and deterioration of mankind, in the K\u00e1l\u00ed age.--P. 621.\nCHAP. II.--Redeeming properties of the K\u00e1l\u00ed age. Devotion to Vish\u0144u sufficient to salvation in that age for all castes and persons.--P. 627.\nCHAP. III.--Three different kinds of dissolution. Duration of a Par\u00e1rddha. The Clepsydra, or vessel for measuring time. The dissolution that occurs at the end of a day of Brahm\u00e1.--P. 630.\nCHAP. IV.--Continuation of the account of the first kind of dissolution. Of the second kind, or elemental dissolution; of all being resolved into primary spirit.--P. 634.\nCHAP. V.--The third kind of dissolution, or final liberation from existence. Evils of worldly life. Sufferings in infancy, manhood, old age. Pains of hell. Imperfect felicity of heaven. Exemption from birth desirable by the wise. The nature of spirit or god. Meaning of the terms Bhagavat and V\u00e1sudeva.--P. 638.\nCHAP. VI.--Means of attaining liberation. Anecdotes of Kh\u00e1\u0144d\u0301ikya and Ke\u015bidhwaja. The former instructs the latter how to atone for permitting the death of a cow. Ke\u015bidhwaja offers him a requital, and he desires to be instructed in spiritual knowledge.--P. 645.\nCHAP. VII.--Ke\u015bidhwaja describes the nature of ignorance, and the benefits of the Yoga, or contemplative devotion. Of the novice and the adept in the performance of the Yoga. How it is performed. The first stage, proficiency in acts of restraint and moral duty: the second, particular mode of sitting: the third, Pr\u00e1n\u00e1y\u00e1ma, modes of breathing: the fourth, Praty\u00e1h\u00e1ra, restraint of thought: the fifth, apprehension of spirit: the sixth, retention of the idea. Meditation on the individual and universal forms of Vish\u0144u. Acquirement of knowledge. Final liberation,--P. 649.\nCHAP. VIII.--Conclusion of the dialogue between Par\u00e1\u015bara and Maitreya. Recapitulation of the contents of the Vish\u0144u Pur\u00e1\u0144a: merit of hearing it: how handed down. Praises of Vish\u0144u. Concluding prayer.--P. 660.","title":"The Vishnu Purana: Preface: Contents","type":"page"}