Vishnupurana 3.18.33-35
Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.18.33-35
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- Sanskrit
3.18.33
ittham unmārgayāteṣu teṣu daityeṣu te 'marāḥ
udyogaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā yuddhāya samupasthitāḥ //
When the Daityas had thus declined from the path of the holy writings, the deities took courage, and gathered together for battle. Hostilities accordingly were renewed, but the demons were now defeated and slain by the gods, who had adhered to the righteous path. The armour of religion, which had formerly protected the Daityas, had been discarded by them, and upon its abandonment followed their destruction.
3.18.34
tato devāsuraṃ yuddhaṃ punar evābhavad dvija
hatāś ca te 'surā devaiḥ sanmārgaparipanthinaḥ //
When the Daityas had thus declined from the path of the holy writings, the deities took courage, and gathered together for battle. Hostilities accordingly were renewed, but the demons were now defeated and slain by the gods, who had adhered to the righteous path. The armour of religion, which had formerly protected the Daityas, had been discarded by them, and upon its abandonment followed their destruction.
3.18.35
saddharmakavacas teṣām abhūd yaḥ prathamaṃ dvija
tena rakṣābhavat pūrvaṃ neśur naṣṭe ca tatra te //
When the Daityas had thus declined from the path of the holy writings, the deities took courage, and gathered together for battle. Hostilities accordingly were renewed, but the demons were now defeated and slain by the gods, who had adhered to the righteous path. The armour of religion, which had formerly protected the Daityas, had been discarded by them, and upon its abandonment followed their destruction.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit