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power) of the Mantra of L
ord Vishnu, the
fortune of the enemies of the gods,

fortune of the enemies of the gods,
though it was protected by the power of

Sukra's magic-lore.
 
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THE STORY OF VRITRA ASURA
 

 
तस्यासन् विश्वरूपस्य शिरांसि त्रीणि [भारत] ।

स वै बर्हिषि देवेभ्यो भाग प्रत्यक्षमुच्चकैः ।

अवदद्यस्य पितरो देवाः सप्रश्रयं [नृप] ॥

स एव हि ददौ भागं परोक्षमसुरान्प्रति ।

यजमानोऽवहद्भागं मातृस्नेहवशानुगः ॥
 

That Visvarupa had three heads. In

his sacrifice, he pronounced loudly, in

sight of all and with modesty, the share
of the offering due to the gods, who were

of the offering due to the gods, who were
his kin on his father's side; and the same

person gave the demons their share,

secretly; performing his sacrifice,

Visvarupa gave their share (to the

demons), impelled by his love for his

mother.*
 

 
तद्देवहेलनं तस्य धर्मालीकं सुरेश्वरः ।

आलक्ष्य तरसा. भीतस्तच्छीर्षाण्यच्छिन्द्रुषा ॥
 

 
* Aditi, a wife of Kasyapa, produced many sons,

one of whom was Tvashta. Tvashta married Racana,

the sister of a demon and of the two was Visvarupa
 

born. Thus, through
grandson of the gods
his father, Visvarupa is a
grandson of the gods and through his mother, a
nephew of the demons.
 
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his father, Visvarupa is a
and through his mother, a