SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 3

Maitreya continued: 'Having heard the proud words of the Lord of the seas, did the vainglorious one take little heed of them. From Nârada having learned about the whereabouts of the Lord, o dear Vidura, he hurried to find himself at the place of punishment.

Maitreya continued: The proud and falsely glorious Daitya paid little heed to the words of Varuna. O dear Vidura, he learned from Nârada the whereabouts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and hurriedly betook himself to the depths of the ocean. (Vedabase)

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There he saw how the Victorious One, bearing the earth high on the tips of his tusks, was robbing him of his light with His radiant reddish eyes. He laughed out: 'O beast of the wilderness!',

He saw there the all-powerful Personality of Godhead in His boar incarnation, bearing the earth upward on the ends of His tusks and robbing him of his splendor with His reddish eyes. The demon laughed: Oh, an amphibious beast. (Vedabase)!

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and told the Lord: 'Come and fight, o fool, leave the earth to us, inhabitants of the lower worlds; the creator of the universe entrusted us this earth - my seeing You here will not be to Your wellbeing, o summit of divinity that took the form of a boar.

The demon addressed the Lord: O best of the demigods, dressed in the form of a boar, just hear me. This earth is entrusted to us, the inhabitants of the lower regions, and You cannot take it from my presence and not be hurt by me. (Vedabase)

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It is You that deceptively maintained Himself for finishing us by means of our enemies, killing the worldly ones, while remaining out of view Yourself; of Your bewildering power there will be little left after I killed You and wiped out the grief of my kinsmen, o fool!

You rascal, You have been nourished by our enemies to kill us, and You have killed some demons by remaining invisible. O fool, Your power is only mystic, so today I shall enliven my kinsmen by killing You. (Vedabase)

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When You are killed by my mace smashing Your skull, all those sages and godly ones who where presenting their offerings to You, will be released and automatically cease to exist without that root.'

The demon continued: When You fall dead with Your skull smashed by the mace hurled by my arms, the demigods and sages who offer You oblations and sacrifice in devotional service will also automatically cease to exist, like trees without roots. (Vedabase)

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When He, being pained by the assailing abususe of words of the enemy, saw that the earth He was bearing on his tusks end was frightened, came He out of the water like an elephant in the company of his female under the attack of a crocodile.

Although the Lord was pained by the shaftlike abusive words of the demon, He bore the pain. But seeing that the earth on the ends of His tusks was frightened, He rose out of the water just as an elephant emerges with its female companion when assailed by an alligator. (Vedabase)

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Meanwhile did he, with his golden hair, chase Him, coming out of the water, like the crocodile would do with the elephant and with his fearfull teeth roaring like thunder he said: 'What a shame indeed to be so scandalous in fleeing for the truth'.

The demon, who had golden hair on his head and fearful tusks, gave chase to the Lord while He was rising from the water, even as an alligator would chase an elephant. Roaring like thunder, he said: Are You not ashamed of running away before a challenging adversary? There is nothing reproachable for shameless creatures. (Vedabase)!

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With the enemy looking on He placed the earth within His sight on the water investing her with the power of His own existence, for which He was praised by the creator of the universe and pleased with flowers by the ones in charge.

The Lord placed the earth within His sight on the surface of the water and transferred to her His own energy in the form of the ability to float on the water. While the enemy stood looking on, Brahmâ, the creator of the universe, extolled the Lord, and the other demigods rained flowers on Him. (Vedabase)

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Following Him closely behind with his wealth of golden ornaments, his huge mace and his beautiful golden armor, did Hiranyâksha constantly pierce the core of His heart with terribly angry abuses. But He addressed him laughing.

The demon, who had a wealth of ornaments, bangles and beautiful golden armor on his body, chased the Lord from behind with a great mace. The Lord tolerated his piercing ill words, but in order to reply to him, He expressed His terrible anger. (Vedabase)

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The Supreme Lord said: 'We are indeed creatures from the jungle, as I am searching to kill dogs just like You, o mischievous one. Heroes who are free from the bondage of death take no notice of the loose talk of one who is bound.

The Personality of Godhead said: Indeed, We are creatures of the jungle, and We are searching after hunting dogs like you. One who is freed from the entanglement of death has no fear from the loose talk in which you are indulging, for you are bound up by the laws of death. (Vedabase)

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We both are shameless thieves of what was entrusted to the inhabitants of the lower world. Roaming shamelessly with the mace, we nevertheless will somehow have to stay on the battlefield - where else can we go having raised enmity with such a powerful enemy?

Certainly We have stolen the charge of the inhabitants of Rasâtala and have lost all shame. Although bitten by your powerful mace, I shall stay here in the water for some time because, having created enmity with a powerful enemy, I now have no place to go. (Vedabase)

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Being the commander of the leaders of footsoldiers one has to take steps to defeat promptly, without further consideration - and having killed, are us the tears wiped away of kith and kin. He who does not fulfill his words of promise deserves no place in an assembly'.'

You are supposed to be the commander of many foot soldiers, and now you may take prompt steps to overthrow Us . Give up all your foolish talk and wipe out the cares of your kith and kin by slaying Us . One may be proud, yet he does not deserve a seat in an assembly if he fails to fulfill his promised word. (Vedabase)

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Maitreya said: 'The attacker, thus being insulted and ridiculed by the Supreme One of Devotion got seriously agitated and as angry as a challenged cobra.

S'rî Maitreya said: The demon, being thus challenged by the Personality of Godhead, became angry and agitated, and he trembled in anger like a challenged cobra. (Vedabase)

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Hissing of anger and beyond his senses of wrath the demon quickly attacked and threw his mace at the Lord.

Hissing indignantly, all his senses shaken by wrath, the demon quickly sprang upon the Lord and dealt Him a blow with his powerful mace. (Vedabase)

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The Lord however evaded the blow of the thrown mace stepping aside, eluding death like an accomplished yogi.

The Lord, however, by moving slightly aside, dodged the violent mace-blow aimed at His breast by the enemy, just as an accomplished yogi would elude death. (Vedabase)

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Having picked up his mace, he again rushed towards the Lord, repeatedly brandishing it about and biting his lip in the rage of his anger.

The Personality of Godhead now exhibited His anger and rushed to meet the demon, who bit his lip in rage, took up his mace again and began to repeatedly brandish it about. (Vedabase)

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But then did the Lord with His mace struck the enemy on his right side, o gentle one [Vidura], and did He as an expert with this weapon thus with His mace save Himself.

Then with His mace the Lord struck the enemy on the right of his brow, but since the demon was expert in fighting, O gentle Vidura, he protected himself by a maneuver of his own mace. (Vedabase)

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In this manner were Hiranyâksha and the Lord, both eager for the victory, furiously striking each other with their huge maces.

In this way, the demon Haryaksha and the Lord, the Personality of Godhead, struck each other with their huge maces, each enraged and seeking his own victory. (Vedabase)

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The two combatants with their bodies injured by the pointed maces, smelled the oozing blood, which increased their vigour to perform diverse maneuvers trying to win. It looked like an encounter of two bulls fighting about their dominion.

There was keen rivalry between the two combatants; both had sustained injuries on their bodies from the blows of each other's pointed maces, and each grew more and more enraged at the smell of blood on his person. In their eagerness to win, they performed maneuvers of various kinds, and their contest looked like an encounter between two forceful bulls for the sake of a cow. (Vedabase)

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O descendant of Kuru, Brahmâ, the one selfborn in the universe, desired to witness what was happening for the sake of the world and came, accompanied by the sages, for the Daitya Hiranyâksha and the Greatest Soul approached by sacrifice who by His potency had taken the form of a boar.

O descendant of Kuru, Brahmâ, the most independent demigod of the universe, accompanied by his followers, came to see the terrible fight for the sake of the world between the demon and the Personality of Godhead, who appeared in the form of a boar. (Vedab a se)

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Upon seeing the power the Daitya Hiranyâksha had attained to and how he, unafraid, had formed opposition with the unopposable, did the respectable Lord Brahmâ, the leader of the thousands of sages, address the original Lord Nârâyana in His boar-form.

After arriving at the place of combat, Brahmâ, the leader of thousands of sages and transcendentalists, saw the demon, who had attained such unprecedented power that no one could fight with him. Brahmâ then addressed Nârâyana, who was assuming the form of a boar for the first time. (Vedabase)

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Brahmâ said: 'This one, o God, is to the godly ones who obtained Your feet and to the brahmnis, the cows, the normal living beings and the innocent, an offender and source of fear doing wrong from a boon obtained from Me; he has as a demon been searching all over the universe missing a proper adversary, wandering about as a pain to everyone.

Lord Brahmâ said: My dear Lord, this demon has proved to be a constant pinprick to the demigods, the brâhmanas, the cows and innocent persons who are spotless and always dependent upon worshiping Your lotus feet. He has become a source of fear by unnecessarily harassing them. Since he has attained a boon from me, he has become a demon, always searching for a proper combatant, wandering all over the universe for this infamous purpose. (Vedabase)

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Do not play with him like a child, o God, he is full of tricks, arrogant, self-righteous, most wicked and like a snake once he's aroused.

Lord Brahmâ continued: My dear Lord, there is no need to play with this serpentine demon, who is always very skilled in conjuring tricks and is arrogant, self-sufficient and most wicked. (Vedabase)

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Before he gets the chance make things worse gotten thus far so formidably, please forthwith kill the sinful one, o Infallible One, by means of your own internal potency.

Brahmâ continued: My dear Lord, You are infallible. Please kill this sinful demon before the demoniac hour arrives and he presents another formidable approach favorable to him. You can kill him by Your internal potency without doubt. (Vedabase)