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GOVERNMENT OF
 
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Conquering all the quarters and the
three worlds, the great demon deprived
the gods of their places and power.
 
Y OF CULTURE
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
स विजित्य दिशस्सर्वा लोकांश्च त्रीन्महासुरः

जहार लोकपालानां स्थानानि सह तेजसा ॥
 

Conquering all the quarters and the
three worlds, the great demon deprived
the gods of their places and power.
 
महेन्द्रभवनं साक्षाद्ध्युवासाखिलर्द्धिमत् ॥
 

He occupied the very abode of Indra,

possessed of every kind of prosperity.
 

 
तस्योप्ग्रदण्डसंविग्नास्सर्वे लोकास्सपालकाः।

अन्यत्रालब्धशरणाश्शरणं ययुरच्युतम् ॥
 

Frightened at his tyranny, all the

worlds with their guardians (the gods),

failing to get refuge elsewhere, went to

the imperishable Lord Hari, for refuge.
 

 
तेषामाविरभूद्वाणी अरूपा मेघनिस्स्वना ।

'मा भैष्ट विबुधश्रेष्ठास्सर्वेषां भद्रमस्तु वः ।

ज्ञातमेतस्य दौरात्म्यं दैतेयापशदस्य च ।

तस्य शान्तितिं करिष्यामि कालं तावत्प्रतीक्षत ॥
 

An incorporeal voice like the rumbling

of the clouds manifested itself to them:
:

"
Great gods ! fear not; let there be
 
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