8 Inspirational Quotes According To Vishnu Purana

Vishnu Purana is one of the most popular among the 108 Puranas. The Puranas are very important texts that contain a lot of guidelines for human life. They narrate the stories of our ancestors and forefathers and present the summary of what worked well and what did not. Thus, they pass on the experience of several generations to the readers. Here are the best quotes from Vishnu Purana.

# When society reaches a stage where property confers rank, where wealth becomes the only source of virtue, passion the sole bond between man and wife, falsehood the source of success in life, sex the only means of enjoyment, and when outer trappings are confused with inner religion, then we are in the Kali Yuga - the Dark Age.

# If one muhurta (48 minutes) is allowed to pass by without meditation (on Lord Vishnu), one must weep aloud as if one were robbed by thieves.

# It is better to suffer a small loss than acquiring wealth by hostility.

# He who speaks wisely, moderately and compassionately proceeds to the regions which are perpetual sources of bliss.

# The earth is upheld by the truthfulness of those who have controlled their passions, and who, always following pious observances, are not sullied by desire, covetousness and anger.

# Out of Vishnu this universe has arisen, in him it exists, he is the one who governs its existence and destruction, he is the universe.

# Wealth and piety will decrease day by day, until the world will be wholly depraved. Then property alone will confer rank; wealth will be the only source of devotion; passion will be the sole bond of union between the sexes; falsehood will be the only means of success in litigation; and women will be objects merely of sensual gratification.

# Unable to bear the misrule by the kings, people will take refuge amongst the valleys of the mountains, and will be glad to feed upon (wild) honey, herbs, roots, fruits, leaves, and flowers: their only covering will be the bark of trees; and they will be exposed to the cold, and wind, and sun, and rain. No man's life will exceed three and twenty years. Thus, in the Kali age, shall decay constantly proceed, until the human race approaches its annihilation.