Vishnu Purana — Amsha 3 — Chapter 17
ViP 3 17.1
इत्य् आह भगवान् और्वः सगराय महात्मने सदाचारान् पुरा सम्यङ् मैत्रेय परिपृच्छते ॥
ity āha bhagavān aurvaḥ sagarāya mahātmane sadācārān purā samyaṅ maitreya paripṛcchate //
Thus did the venerable Aurva speak long ago about the practices of the good, in full, to the great-souled Sagara who had asked him, O Maitreya;
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ViP 3 17.2
मयाप्य् एतद् अशेषेण कथितं भवतो द्विज समुल्लङ्घ्य सदाचारं कश्चिन् नाप्नोति शोभनम् ॥
mayāpy etad aśeṣeṇa kathitaṃ bhavato dvija samullaṅghya sadācāraṃ kaścin nāpnoti śobhanam //
and by me too all this has been related to you without omission, O twice-born. Transgressing the practice of the good, no one attains what is good.
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ViP 3 17.3
षण्डापविद्धप्रमुखा विदिता भगवन् मया उदक्याद्याश् च ये सर्वे नग्नम् इच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥
ṣaṇḍāpaviddhapramukhā viditā bhagavan mayā udakyādyāś ca ye sarve nagnam icchāmi veditum //
Eunuchs, outcastes and the rest have been made known to me, O venerable one, and all those beginning with menstruating women; (but) I wish to know (about) the "naked one."
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ViP 3 17.4
को नग्नः किंसमाचारो नग्नसंज्ञां नरो लभेत् नग्नस्वरूपम् इच्छामि यथावत् गदितं त्वया ॥
ko nagnaḥ kiṃsamācāro nagnasaṃjñāṃ naro labhet nagnasvarūpam icchāmi yathāvat gaditaṃ tvayā //
Who is the naked one? By what conduct does a man acquire the name "naked"? I wish (to hear) the true nature of the naked one, stated as it is by you.
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ViP 3 17.5
ऋग्यजुःसामसंज्ञेयं त्रयी वर्णावृतिर् द्विज एताम् उज्झति यो मोहात् स नग्नः पातकी स्मृतः ॥
ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃjñeyaṃ trayī varṇāvṛtir dvija etām ujjhati yo mohāt sa nagnaḥ pātakī smṛtaḥ //
This triad (of Veda), named Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman, is the garment of the classes, O twice-born; he who out of delusion casts it off is called naked, a sinner.
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ViP 3 17.6
त्रयी समस्तवर्णानां द्विज संवरणं यतः नग्नो भवत्य् उज्झितायाम् अतस् तस्याम् असंशयम् ॥
trayī samastavarṇānāṃ dvija saṃvaraṇaṃ yataḥ nagno bhavaty ujjhitāyām atas tasyām asaṃśayam //
Since the triple Veda is the covering of all the classes, O twice-born, therefore, when it has been cast off, one becomes naked without doubt.
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ViP 3 17.7
इदं च श्रूयताम् अन्यद् भीष्माय सुमहात्मने कथयाम् आस धर्मज्ञो वसिष्ठो ऽस्मत्पितामहः ॥
idaṃ ca śrūyatām anyad bhīṣmāya sumahātmane kathayām āsa dharmajño vasiṣṭho 'smatpitāmahaḥ //
And let this other (account) be heard, which the knower of dharma, Vasiṣṭha, our grandfather, related to the exceedingly great-souled Bhīṣma.
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ViP 3 17.8
मयापि तस्य गदतः श्रुतम् एतन् महात्मनः नग्नसंबन्धि मैत्रेय यत् पृष्टो ऽहम् इह त्वया ॥
mayāpi tasya gadataḥ śrutam etan mahātmanaḥ nagnasaṃbandhi maitreya yat pṛṣṭo 'ham iha tvayā //
And I too heard this from that great-souled one as he spoke it — (this matter) concerning the naked one, O Maitreya, about which I have here been asked by you.
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ViP 3 17.9
देवासुरम् अभूद् युद्धं दिव्यम् अब्दं पुरा द्विज तस्मिन् पराजिता देवा दैत्यैर् ह्रादपुरोगमैः ॥
devāsuram abhūd yuddhaṃ divyam abdaṃ purā dvija tasmin parājitā devā daityair hrādapurogamaiḥ //
Long ago, O twice-born, there was a battle between the gods and the asuras (lasting) a divine year; in it the gods were defeated by the Daityas led by Hrāda.
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ViP 3 17.10
क्षीरोदस्योत्तरं कूलं गत्वातप्यन्त वै तपः विष्णोर् आराधनार्थाय जगुश् चेमं स्तवं तदा ॥
kṣīrodasyottaraṃ kūlaṃ gatvātapyanta vai tapaḥ viṣṇor ārādhanārthāya jaguś cemaṃ stavaṃ tadā //
Going to the northern shore of the ocean of milk, they performed austerity, and then, in order to propitiate Viṣṇu, they sang this hymn of praise.
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ViP 3 17.11
आराधनाय लोकानां विष्णोर् ईशस्य यां गिरम् वक्ष्यामो भगवान् आद्यस् तया विष्णुः प्रसीदतु ॥
ārādhanāya lokānāṃ viṣṇor īśasya yāṃ giram vakṣyāmo bhagavān ādyas tayā viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu //
The speech that we shall utter for the propitiation of the worlds' Lord Viṣṇu — by it may the primal Lord Viṣṇu be gracious.
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ViP 3 17.12
यतो भूतान्य् अशेषाणि प्रसूतानि महात्मनः यस्मिंश् च लयम् एष्यन्ति कस् तं संस्तोतुम् ईश्वरः ॥
yato bhūtāny aśeṣāṇi prasūtāni mahātmanaḥ yasmiṃś ca layam eṣyanti kas taṃ saṃstotum īśvaraḥ //
He, the great Self, from whom all beings without exception have been brought forth, and in whom they will meet dissolution — who is able to praise him?
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ViP 3 17.13
तथाप्य् अरातिविध्वंसध्वस्तवीर्या भवार्थिनः त्वां स्तोष्यामस् तवोक्तीनां याथार्थ्यं नैव गोचरे ॥
tathāpy arātividhvaṃsadhvastavīryā bhavārthinaḥ tvāṃ stoṣyāmas tavoktīnāṃ yāthārthyaṃ naiva gocare //
Yet, our strength shattered by the destruction (wrought) by our foes, desiring welfare, we shall praise you; the true measure of words about you is simply not within reach.
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ViP 3 17.14
त्वम् उर्वी सलिलं वह्निर् वायुर् आकाशम् एव च समस्तम् अन्तःकरणं प्रधानं तत्परः पुमान् ॥
tvam urvī salilaṃ vahnir vāyur ākāśam eva ca samastam antaḥkaraṇaṃ pradhānaṃ tatparaḥ pumān //
You are earth, water, fire, wind, and space as well, the whole inner organ, primal matter (pradhāna), and the Person beyond that.
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ViP 3 17.15
एकं तवैतद् भूतात्मन् मूर्तामूर्तमयं वपुः आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं स्थानकालविभेदवत् ॥
ekaṃ tavaitad bhūtātman mūrtāmūrtamayaṃ vapuḥ ābrahmastambaparyantaṃ sthānakālavibhedavat //
This body of yours, O Self of beings, consisting of the formed and the formless, is one, (extending) from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, and marked by differences of place and time.
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ViP 3 17.16
तत्रेश तव यत् पूर्वं त्वन्नाभिकमलोद्भवम् रूपं सर्गोपकाराय तस्मै ब्रह्मात्मने नमः ॥
tatreśa tava yat pūrvaṃ tvannābhikamalodbhavam rūpaṃ sargopakārāya tasmai brahmātmane namaḥ //
Among these, O Lord, that form of yours which is first, arisen from the lotus of your navel, for the furtherance of creation — to that, whose self is Brahmā, homage.
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ViP 3 17.17
शक्रार्करुद्रवस्वश्विमरुत्सोमादिभेदवत् वयम् एवं स्वरूपं ते तस्मै देवात्मने नमः ॥
śakrārkarudravasvaśvimarutsomādibhedavat vayam evaṃ svarūpaṃ te tasmai devātmane namaḥ //
That own-form of yours which we are, differentiated as Indra, the sun, Rudra, the Vasus, the Aśvins, the Maruts, Soma and the rest — to that, whose self is the gods, homage.
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ViP 3 17.18
दम्भप्रायम् असंबोधि तितिक्षादमवर्जितम् यद् रूपं तव गोविन्द तस्मै दैत्यात्मने नमः ॥
dambhaprāyam asaṃbodhi titikṣādamavarjitam yad rūpaṃ tava govinda tasmai daityātmane namaḥ //
That form of yours, O Govinda, which is mostly deceit, without right understanding, devoid of patience and self-restraint — to that, whose self is the Daityas, homage.
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ViP 3 17.19
नातिज्ञानवहा यस्मिन् नाड्यः स्तिमिततेजसि शब्दादिलोभि यत् तस्मै तुभ्यं यक्षात्मने नमः ॥
nātijñānavahā yasmin nāḍyaḥ stimitatejasi śabdādilobhi yat tasmai tubhyaṃ yakṣātmane namaḥ //
That (form) in which, its brilliance dimmed, the channels do not carry much knowledge, and which is greedy for sound and the other (objects of sense) — to you in that form, whose self is the Yakṣas, homage.
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ViP 3 17.20
क्रौर्यमायामयं घोरं यच् च रूपं तवासितम् निशाचरात्मने तस्मै नमस् ते पुरुषोत्तम ॥
krauryamāyāmayaṃ ghoraṃ yac ca rūpaṃ tavāsitam niśācarātmane tasmai namas te puruṣottama //
And that dark, dreadful form of yours, made of cruelty and deceit — homage to you in that (form), whose self is the night-roamers, O Best of Persons.
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ViP 3 17.21
स्वर्गस्थधर्मिसद्धर्मफलोपकरणं तव धर्माख्यं च तथा रूपं नमस् तस्मै जनार्दन ॥
svargasthadharmisaddharmaphalopakaraṇaṃ tava dharmākhyaṃ ca tathā rūpaṃ namas tasmai janārdana //
And likewise that form of yours called Dharma, which is the instrument of the fruit of the good deeds of the righteous who dwell in heaven — homage to that, O Janārdana.
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ViP 3 17.22
हर्षप्रायम् असंसर्गि गतिमद् गमनादिषु सिद्धात्मंस् तव यद् रूपं तस्मै सिद्धात्मने नमः ॥
harṣaprāyam asaṃsargi gatimad gamanādiṣu siddhātmaṃs tava yad rūpaṃ tasmai siddhātmane namaḥ //
That form of yours which is mostly joy, unattached, possessing (free) motion in going and the rest — O Self of the Siddhas, to that form, whose self is the Siddhas, homage.
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ViP 3 17.23
अतितिक्षाधनं क्रूरम् उपभोगसहं हरे द्विजिह्वं तव यद् रूपं तस्मै सर्पात्मने नमः ॥
atitikṣādhanaṃ krūram upabhogasahaṃ hare dvijihvaṃ tava yad rūpaṃ tasmai sarpātmane namaḥ //
That form of yours, O Hari, whose wealth is great forbearance, cruel, enduring in the enjoyment (of prey), two-tongued — to that, whose self is the serpents, homage.
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ViP 3 17.24
अवबोधि च यच् छान्तम् अदोषम् अपकल्मषम् ऋषिरूपात्मने तस्मै विष्णो रूपाय ते नमः ॥
avabodhi ca yac chāntam adoṣam apakalmaṣam ṛṣirūpātmane tasmai viṣṇo rūpāya te namaḥ //
And that (form) which is knowing, tranquil, faultless, free of stain — to that form of yours, O Viṣṇu, whose self is the form of the seers, homage.
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ViP 3 17.25
भक्षयत्य् अथ कल्पान्ते भूतानि यद् अवारितम् त्वद्रूपं पुण्डरीकाक्ष तस्मै कालात्मने नमः ॥
bhakṣayaty atha kalpānte bhūtāni yad avāritam tvadrūpaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa tasmai kālātmane namaḥ //
That form of yours, O Lotus-eyed one, which unhindered devours beings at the end of the aeon — to that, whose self is Time, homage.
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ViP 3 17.26
संभक्ष्य सर्वभूतानि देवादीन्य् अविशेषतः नृत्यत्य् अन्ते च यद् रूपं तस्मै रुद्रात्मने नमः ॥
saṃbhakṣya sarvabhūtāni devādīny aviśeṣataḥ nṛtyaty ante ca yad rūpaṃ tasmai rudrātmane namaḥ //
And that form which, having devoured all beings, the gods and the rest without distinction, dances at the end — to that, whose self is Rudra, homage.
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ViP 3 17.27
प्रवृत्त्या रजसो यच् च कर्मणां कारणात्मकम् जनार्दन नमस् तस्मै त्वद्रूपाय नरात्मने ॥
pravṛttyā rajaso yac ca karmaṇāṃ kāraṇātmakam janārdana namas tasmai tvadrūpāya narātmane //
And that (form) which, through the activity of rajas, is the cause of actions — O Janārdana, homage to that form of yours, whose self is man.
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ViP 3 17.28
अष्टाविंशद्वधोपेतं यद् रूपं तामसं तव उन्मार्गगामि सर्वात्मंस् तस्मै पश्वात्मने नमः ॥
aṣṭāviṃśadvadhopetaṃ yad rūpaṃ tāmasaṃ tava unmārgagāmi sarvātmaṃs tasmai paśvātmane namaḥ //
That dark (tāmasa) form of yours, endowed with twenty-eight kinds, going by wrong paths — O Self of all, to that, whose self is the beasts, homage.
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ViP 3 17.29
यज्ञाङ्गभूतं यद् रूपं जगतः सिद्धिसाधनम् वृक्षादिभेदैर् यद् भेदि तस्मै मुख्यात्मने नमः ॥
yajñāṅgabhūtaṃ yad rūpaṃ jagataḥ siddhisādhanam vṛkṣādibhedair yad bhedi tasmai mukhyātmane namaḥ //
That form which has become a limb of sacrifice, the means of the world's success, which is divided into the kinds of trees and so on — to that, whose self is the chief (immobile creation), homage.
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ViP 3 17.30
तिर्यङ्मनुष्यदेवादिव्योमशब्दादिकं च यत् रूपं तवादेः सर्वस्य तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः ॥
tiryaṅmanuṣyadevādivyomaśabdādikaṃ ca yat rūpaṃ tavādeḥ sarvasya tasmai sarvātmane namaḥ //
And that form of yours, first of all, which is animals, men, gods and the rest, and sky, sound and the rest — to that, the Self of all, homage.
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ViP 3 17.31
प्रधानबुद्ध्यादिमयाद् अशेषाद् यद् अन्यद् अस्मात् परमं परात्मन् रूपं तवाद्यं न यद् अन्यतुल्यं तस्मै नमः कारणकारणाय ॥
pradhānabuddhyādimayād aśeṣād yad anyad asmāt paramaṃ parātman rūpaṃ tavādyaṃ na yad anyatulyaṃ tasmai namaḥ kāraṇakāraṇāya //
That primal form of yours, O supreme Self, which is other than this whole (world) made of primordial matter, intellect and the rest, which is highest, to which nothing else is equal — to that, homage, to the cause of causes.
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ViP 3 17.32
शुक्लादिदीर्घादिघनादिहीनम् अगोचरे यच् च विशेषणानाम् शुद्धातिशुद्धं परमर्षिदृश्यं रूपाय तस्मै भगवन् नताः स्मः ॥
śuklādidīrghādighanādihīnam agocare yac ca viśeṣaṇānām śuddhātiśuddhaṃ paramarṣidṛśyaṃ rūpāya tasmai bhagavan natāḥ smaḥ //
To that form, O Blessed One, which is without white and the other (colours), without long and the other (dimensions), without dense and the like, which lies beyond the range of qualifiers, pure and purer than pure, visible (only) to the supreme seers — to that we are bowed down.
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ViP 3 17.33
यन् नः शरीरेषु यद् अन्यदेहेष्व् अशेषवस्तुष्व् अजम् अव्ययं यत् यस्माच् च नान्यद् व्यतिरिक्तम् अस्ति ब्रह्मस्वरूपाय नताः स्म तस्मै ॥
yan naḥ śarīreṣu yad anyadeheṣv aśeṣavastuṣv ajam avyayaṃ yat yasmāc ca nānyad vyatiriktam asti brahmasvarūpāya natāḥ sma tasmai //
That which is in our bodies, and in other bodies, in all things whatsoever, unborn and imperishable, and from which nothing else stands apart — to that, whose own form is Brahman, we are bowed down.
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ViP 3 17.34
सकलम् इदम् अजस्य यस्य रूपं परमपदात्मवतः सनातनस्य तम् अनिधनम् अशेषबीजभूतं प्रभुम् अमलं प्रणताः स्म वासुदेवम् ॥
sakalam idam ajasya yasya rūpaṃ paramapadātmavataḥ sanātanasya tam anidhanam aśeṣabījabhūtaṃ prabhum amalaṃ praṇatāḥ sma vāsudevam //
He, the unborn, the eternal, possessed of the supreme station as his self, whose form is all this — to him, the deathless, who is the seed of everything, the spotless Lord Vāsudeva, we are bowed down.
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ViP 3 17.35
स्तोत्रस्यास्यावसाने तु ददृशुः परमेश्वरम् शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिं गरुडस्थं सुरा हरिम् ॥
stotrasyāsyāvasāne tu dadṛśuḥ parameśvaram śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ garuḍasthaṃ surā harim //
But at the conclusion of this hymn the gods saw the supreme Lord Hari, with conch, discus and mace in his hands, seated on Garuḍa.
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ViP 3 17.36
तम् ऊचुः सकला देवाः प्रणिपातपुरःसरम् प्रसीद देव दैत्येभ्यस् त्राहीति शरणार्थिनः ॥
tam ūcuḥ sakalā devāḥ praṇipātapuraḥsaram prasīda deva daityebhyas trāhīti śaraṇārthinaḥ //
All the gods, seeking refuge, prostrating themselves first, said to him: "Be gracious, O god; save (us) from the Daityas!"
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ViP 3 17.37
त्रैलोक्यं यज्ञभागाश् च दैत्यैर् ह्रादपुरोगमैः हृतं नो ब्रह्मणो ऽप्य् आज्ञाम् उल्लङ्घ्य परमेश्वर ॥
trailokyaṃ yajñabhāgāś ca daityair hrādapurogamaiḥ hṛtaṃ no brahmaṇo 'py ājñām ullaṅghya parameśvara //
"The three worlds and our shares in the sacrifices have been carried off by the Daityas led by Hrāda, transgressing even Brahmā's command, O supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 17.38
यद्य् अप्य् अशेषभूतस्य वयं ते च तवांशकाः तथाप्य् अविद्याभेदेन भिन्नं पश्यामहे जगत् ॥
yady apy aśeṣabhūtasya vayaṃ te ca tavāṃśakāḥ tathāpy avidyābhedena bhinnaṃ paśyāmahe jagat //
Although we and they are portions of you, who are all beings, still, through the division made by ignorance, we see the world as divided.
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ViP 3 17.39
स्ववर्णधर्माभिरता वेदमार्गानुसारिणः न शक्यास् ते ऽरयो हन्तुम् अस्माभिस् तपसान्विताः ॥
svavarṇadharmābhiratā vedamārgānusāriṇaḥ na śakyās te 'rayo hantum asmābhis tapasānvitāḥ //
Devoted to the duties of their own class, following the path of the Veda, endowed with ascetic power, those enemies cannot be slain by us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 17.40
तम् उपायम् अशेषात्मन्न् अस्माकं दातुम् अर्हसि येन तान् असुरान् हन्तुं भवेम भगवन् क्षमाः ॥
tam upāyam aśeṣātmann asmākaṃ dātum arhasi yena tān asurān hantuṃ bhavema bhagavan kṣamāḥ //
O Self of all, you should grant us that means by which we may be able, O Blessed One, to slay those Asuras."
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ViP 3 17.41
इत्य् उक्तो भगवांस् तेभ्यो मायामोहं शरीरतः समुत्पाद्य ददौ विष्णुः प्राह चेदं सुरोत्तमान् ॥
ity ukto bhagavāṃs tebhyo māyāmohaṃ śarīrataḥ samutpādya dadau viṣṇuḥ prāha cedaṃ surottamān //
Thus addressed, the Blessed Viṣṇu produced Māyāmoha from his body, gave him to them, and spoke this to the best of the gods:
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ViP 3 17.42
मायामोहो ऽयम् अखिलान् दैत्यांस् तान् मोहयिष्यति ततो वध्या भविष्यन्ति वेदमार्गबहिष्कृताः ॥
māyāmoho 'yam akhilān daityāṃs tān mohayiṣyati tato vadhyā bhaviṣyanti vedamārgabahiṣkṛtāḥ //
"This Māyāmoha will delude all those Daityas; then, expelled from the path of the Veda, they will become slayable.
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ViP 3 17.43
स्थितौ स्थितस्य मे वध्या यावन्तः परिपन्थिनः ब्रह्मणो ह्य् अधिकारस्य देवा दैत्यादिकाः सुराः ॥
sthitau sthitasya me vadhyā yāvantaḥ paripanthinaḥ brahmaṇo hy adhikārasya devā daityādikāḥ surāḥ //
For, since I am established in (the world's) maintenance, all who obstruct the authority of the Veda — be they gods, Daityas, or other beings — are to be slain by me.
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ViP 3 17.44
तद् गच्छत न भीः कार्या मायामोहो ऽयम् अग्रतः गच्छत्व् अद्योपकाराय भवतां भविता सुराः ॥
tad gacchata na bhīḥ kāryā māyāmoho 'yam agrataḥ gacchatv adyopakārāya bhavatāṃ bhavitā surāḥ //
So go, no fear need be felt; this Māyāmoha will go before (you): today, O gods, he will be for your assistance."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 17.45
इत्य् उक्ताः प्रणिपत्यैनं ययुर् देवा यथागतम् मायामोहो ऽपि तैः सार्धं ययौ यत्र महासुराः ॥
ity uktāḥ praṇipatyainaṃ yayur devā yathāgatam māyāmoho 'pi taiḥ sārdhaṃ yayau yatra mahāsurāḥ //
Thus addressed, the gods bowed to him and went as they had come; and Māyāmoha too went along with them to where the great Asuras were.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition