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Chapter SeventeenThe Birth of the Two Demons

|| 3.17.1||maitreya uväca

niçamyätma-huvä !"ta#$ära%a# ça&$ayo''hitä(tata( sarve nyavartanta

tri)iväya )ivau$asa(

*aitreya sai)+ ,earin! the cause of )isturance recite) yBrahmä the devatäs !ave up worryin! an) a returne) toSvar!a.

In the Seventeenth Chapter, at the birth of the two demons, many illomens appeared. Hiraëyakña, conquerin everywhere, mocked !aruëa.

 "he devatäs ave up worryin because they had faith that the #ordwould handle the situation.

|| 3.17./||)itis tu hartur ä)eçä)

apatya-pariça&$in"p0r%e vara-çate sä)hv"putrau prasuuve yamau

2orryin! aout her sons ecause of the information !iven yher husan) virtuous Diti !ave irth to twin sons ony after a

hun)re) years.

 "he information iven by $a%yapa was that the sons would make theworlds lament. She was worried that her sons would cause problemsto the universe. &r she was worried that they would be killed by !iñëu.

|| 3.17.3||utpätä ahavas tatranipetur 'äyamänayo(

)ivi huvy antari$e cao$asyoru-hayävahä(

*any )isturances which cause) !reat fear to the wor)occurre) in the heavens earth an) antarikña1 when the twowere orn

Nipetuù means 'occurred.(

1  Antarikña is between earth and Svarga.

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|| 3.17.||sahäcaä huvaç ceur

)iça( sarvä( pra'a'vau(so$äç cäçanaya( petu($etavaç cärti-hetava(

The earth an) its mountains shoo$. 4 the )irections werea5re. Thun)erots an) meteors fe. Comets a cause of)isaster appeare).

 "he verb 'appeared( should be added after ketavaù.

|| 3.17.6||vavau väyu( su)u(sparça(ph0t-$ärän "rayan muhu(

unm0ayan na!a-pat"n

vätyän"$o ra'o-)hva'a(

,arsh win)s constanty hissin! with )ust as their a!s an)hurricanes as their troops uproote) the trees.

 "he winds made a piercin sound, with hurricanes as their troops.

|| 3.17.8||u))hasat-ta9i)-amho)a-!ha:ayä na:a-hä!a%evyomni pravi:a-tamasä

na sma vyä);çyate pa)am

2ith compete )ar$ness no pace cou) e seen in the s$ywithout uminaries visie cause) y )ense cou)s withi!htin! which seeme) to au!h ou)y

)othin could be seen in the sky which had luminaries *bhä-gaëaù) because of masses of clouds with lauhin lihtnin.

|| 3.17.7||cu$roça vimanä vär)hir

u)0rmi( $uhito)ara(so)apänäç ca saritaç

cu$uhu( çu$a-pa&$a'ä(

The !rievin! ocean with hi!h waves an) a!itate) inhaitantswaie) ou)y. The rivers an) wes with withere) otuses wereaso a!itate).

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Värdhiù means ocean. Sodapänäù means 'with wells.(

|| 3.17.ire

There were many ecipses of the sun an) moon with haos.There was thun)er without cou)s an) from mountain cavesarose soun)s of chariots.

Nirghätä means thunder without clouds. Sounds like chariots *ratha-nirhräda+ arose from mountain caves *vivarebhyaù+.

|| 3.17.?||antar-!rämeu mu$hatovamantyo vahnim ua%am

s;!äo0$a-:a&$ärai(pra%e)ur açiva# çivä(

@emae 'ac$as vomitin! fearfu 5re from their mouths howe)inauspiciousy aon! with the cries of their husan)s an) owswithin the via!es.

Çiväù means female ackals. Öaìkäraiù means 'with sound.(

|| 3.17.1A||sa&!"tava) ro)anava)

unnamayya çiro)harämvyamu>can vivi)hä väco

!räma-si#häs tatas tata(

Do!s here an) there uttere) cries soun)in! i$e sin!in! an)weepin! whie raisin! their hea)s up.

Gräa-si!häù means dos.

|| 3.17.11||$haräç ca $ar$açai( $atta($hurair !hnanto )harä-taam

$här$ära-rahasä mattä(parya)hävan var0thaça(

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i)ura 2i) 4sses ran aout in her)s stri$in! the earthwith their har) hooves an) rayin! in !ee.

& !idura- "he asses were oyful *rabhasä+, makin brayin sounds.

|| 3.17.1/||ru)anto räsaha-trastän"9ä) u)apatan $ha!ä(!hoe =ra%ye ca paçava(ça$;n-m0tram a$urvata

@ri!htene) y the rayin! ir)s ew from their nests whieshrie$in!. The cows in their pens an) in the forest passe)urine an) stoo.

 "he birds were frihtened by the brayin of the asses *räsabhät +.

|| 3.17.13||!ävo =trasann as;!-)ohäs

toya)ä( p0ya-vari%a(vyaru)an )eva-i&!äni

)rumä( petur vinäniam

@ri!htene) cows !ave oo) instea) of mi$. Cou)s raine)puss. The )eities she) tears. Trees fe over without any win).

 "s#gdohä means blood came out of the udders. $eva%iìgäni means

deities. || 3.17.1||

!rahän pu%yatamän anyeha!a%ä#ç cäpi )"pitä(

aticerur va$ra-!atyäyuyu)huç ca parasparam

The inauspicious panets with retro!ra)e motion overtoo$ theauspicious panets an) fou!ht with them.

'uspicious planets( refers to /upiter, !enus, and others. Cruel planets0ars, Saturn, and others surpassed the auspicious planets and withretrorade motion fouht.1

2 When a planet from our vision moves in the opposite direct from its normal course in the sky, it is called

retrograde motion. The planet exerts strong influence. When two or more of the planets ercury, !enus,ars, "upiter, or Saturn come within one degree longitude of each other they are said to fight with each

other.

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|| 3.17.16||);:vänyä#ç ca mahotpätän

atat-tattva-vi)a( pra'ä(rahma-puträn ;te h"tämenire viçva-sampavam

Seein! aso other powerfu evi portents the citiEens eFceptfor the Gumäras not $nowin! the truth ecame afrai) an)thou!ht that the universe was aout to e )estroye).

&raha-puträn means the $um2ras, since they had cursed the doorkeepers.

|| 3.17.18||täv ä)i-)aityau sahasä

vya'yamänätma-pauruau

vav;)häte =çma-säre%a$äyenä)ri-pat" iva

These two ori!ina )emons i$e two mountains imme)iatey)ispayin! vaor !rew up with o)ies i$e stee.

In spite of the curse of the brähaëas, these two devotees of the #ordwere still superior. "o make this known, this verse shows that they didnot have a trace of hellish su3erin thouht they performed manysinful acts without pious acts, and attained lordship over the threeworlds with power, enoyment and wealth.

  || 3.17.17||)ivi-sp;çau hema-$ir":a-$o:ihir

niru))ha-$ä:hau sphura)-a&!a)ä-hu'au!ä# $ampayantau cara%ai( pa)e pa)e$a:yä su$ä>cyär$am at"tya tasthatu(

Touchin! the s$y oc$in! the )irections with the crests oftheir !o)en hemets with aEin! raceets on their armsthey stoo) sha$in! the earth at every step surpassin! thesun with their ete) waists.

'ästä means the directions. &hu(au in the dual is poetic license.

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Gaçyapa !ave names to his sons. ,e who was 5rst to eimpre!nate) in Diti was $nown as ,ira%ya$açipu an) he whocame out 5rst from Diti was $nown as ,ira%yä$a.

 "his verse describes how $a%yapa * pra(äpatiù+ ave the twins nameson the tenth day after birth. He named them such the child whichcame 4rst from his body was known as Hiraëyaka%ipu and the childwhich 4rst came from 5iti6s body was known as Hiraëy2kña. athä andtathä should be supplied. "he *ië+a-siddhi says7

yad2 vi%ed dvidh2 bh8ta9 b:a9 puñpa9 parikñaratdvau tad2 bhavato arbhau s8tir ve%a viparyyay2d

;hen a person imprenates semen twice in the womb, the twoembryos are born in reverse order to the imprenation.

Hiraëyaka%ipu was the eldest from the perspective of $a%yapa, sincehe had been deposited 4rst.

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|| 3.17./1-//||ta# v"$ya )u(saha-'ava#

ra%at-$ä>cana-n0puramvai'ayantyä sra'ä 'u:am

a#sa-nyasta-mahä-!a)am

mano-v"rya-varotsi$tamas;%yam a$uto-hayam

h"tä niiyire )evästär$ya-trastä ivähaya(

Seein! him uncontroae an) fearess with intoeraetemper with 'in!in! !o) an$ets with vaijayanté !aran) an)s cu pace) on his shou)er possessin! menta an) o)iystren!th an) stren!th !iven y Brahmä the devatäs ecamefri!htene) an) )isappeare) 'ust as sna$es )isappear out of

fear of Iaru9a.

He was proud because of his mental strenth, bodily strenth, andstrenth iven by the devatä  =rahm2 ). "s#ëya meansuncontrollable.

|| 3.17./3||sa vai tirohitän );:vä

mahasä svena )aitya-rä:sen)rän )eva-!a%än $"än

apaçyan vyana)a) h;çam

Seein! that the devatäs aon! with their ea)ers ha))isappeare) ecause of his stren!th the $in! of the )emonsintoFicate) roare) ou)y.

)ot seein them, Hiraëy2kña became into>icated *kibän+. Instead ofthis k%/vän *the devatäs were impotent+ is also seen.

|| 3.17./||tato niv;tta( $r"9iyan

!amh"ra# h"ma-nisvanamvi'a!ähe mahä-sattvo

vär)hi# matta iva )vipa(

Jeturnin! from heaven the mi!hty )emon )esirin! to sporti$e a ma) eephant )ove into the )eep ocean which ma)e aterriKe soun).

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)ot seein any equal opponent in the ten directions, burnin with theheat of his reat strenth, he dove into the ocean with the hope thatmaybe someone there would be to his equal and he could 4ht

|| 3.17./6||

tasmin pravi:e varu%asya saini$äyä)o-!a%ä( sanna-)hiya( sasä)hvasä(ahanyamänä api tasya varcasä

pra)haritä )0ratara# pra)u)ruvu(

2hen he entere) the ocean the aLuatics the troops ofaru%a )epresse) an) fearfu )efeate) y his stren!thwithout even ein! struc$ ran far away.

|| 3.17./8||sa vara-p0!än u)a)hau mahä-aaç

caran mahorm"> chvasaneritän muhu(maurvyähi'a!hne !a)ayä vihävar"mäse)ivä#s täta pur"# pracetasa(

The powerfu )emon move) aout in the ocean for many yearsstri$in! with his iron cu the hu!e waves a!itate) y win). ,ethen reache) the city of aru%a cae) ihävar".

&ver many years *vara-p0gän+ he struck even the hue waves withhis club made of iron *aurvyä+. 0aurvy2 can also mean 'made of atype of rass called 0rvä.( He moved about *,aran+. He came to

the city called !ibh2var: and thouht, '"here is a city here. I will enterit.(

|| 3.17./7||tatropaahyäsura-o$a-päa$a#

yä)o-!a%änäm ;aha# pracetasamsmayan praa)hu# pra%ipatya n"cava'

 'a!ä)a me )ehy a)hirä'a sa#yu!am

,avin! reache) aru%a the protector of Mätäa-o$a the $in!of the aLuatics ,ira%yä$a owe) )own ow efore him in

 'est an) sai) with a smie N $in! Iive me a 5!htO

!aruëa is the protector of ?2t2la@loka *asura-%oka+. Hirany2kña boweddown to make fun of !aruëa.

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v"ryäpaho )urma)a-v"ra-mäninämvi'itya o$e =$hia-)aitya-)änavänya) rä'as0yena puräya'at praho

 Pou the master of the panet the famous ruer have

)estroye) a power amon! those thin$ themseves !reatwarriors since havin! conLuere) a the )emons at a previoustime you performe) a räjasüya sacri5ce.

He speaks with opposite meanin. =ecause of the absences of demonsbefore this time, it was possible for all persons to perform rä(as0yasacri4ces. )ow, conquer me and perform a rä(as0ya sacri4ce. &r,your sacri4ce will be perfected now, if you conquer me.

 || 3.17./?||

sa evam utsi$ta-ma)ena vi)viä

);9ha# praa)ho ha!avän apä# pati(roa# samuttha# çamayan svayä )hiyävyavoca) a&!opaçama# !atä vayam

2hen moc$e) eFpicity y the prou) enemy powerfu aru%aor) of the waters controe) his risin! an!er an) repie) withintei!ence NDear sir Q have ecome peacefu.O

!aruëa thouht, '0y aner will not be bene4cial.( 'I have becomepeaceful( means 'I have rown old. If I were to meet you when wasyoun, then I would defeat thousands like you.( &r the phrase can

mean 'I have taken sannyäsa, and thus cannot 4ht, but even now Ican defeat you.(

|| 3.17.3A||paçyämi nänya# puruät purätanä)

ya( sa#yu!e tvä# ra%a-mär!a-$ovi)amärä)hayiyaty asurarahehi ta#

manasvino ya# !;%ate havä);çä(

est of )emons Q )o not see anyone eFcept the most ancientperson cou) satisfy you who in comat. Pou are most eFpert

at atte ut even persons i$e you praise i%u.

'How will I be relieved of my desire for battleA( "his verse answers. "herefore, o best of demons, you should o to !iñëu, whom warriorssuch as you praise as the person who can relieve the itch for battle.

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ta# v"ram ärä) ahipa)ya vismaya(çayiyase v"ra-çaye çvahir v;ta(

yas tva)-vi)hänäm asatä# praçäntayer0pä%i )hatte sa)-anu!rahecchayä

Jeachin! him very Luic$y you wi ie )own on the atte5e)strippe) of pri)e surroun)e) y )o!s. By his mercifu )esirehe assumes many forms for )estroyin! wic$e) person i$e you.

'How lon will it take to reach himA( !ery quickly, in 4ve days you canmeet him. Stripped of your pride *visayaù+, you will lie down to sleep.)ow aBicted by the sickness of pride, you do not sleep, aitated withthe desire to 4ht. ;here the warriors lie down *v/ra1aye+ is thebattle4eld. "hat will be your suitable bed. ou will have many peopleto care for your limbs. "he dos will surround you. 'If that is so, thenplease tell me the form of the #ord. Searchin inside and outside the

universe, on 4ndin him, I will 4ht with him. How can he kill meA ouwill see-(