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**Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 1: ****Sri Paraasharah - ****Iti aaha bhagavaan ourvah sagaraaya mahaatmane | **Sadaachaaram puraa samyak maitreya pariprucchate || Sri Paraasharar - Bhagavaan Ourva told to Sagara thus - Whatever you asked about Sadaachaara and all those things, O Maitreya, this is what Ourva Rishi has told to Sagara. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 2: ****Mayaa api etat asheshena kathitam bhavato dvija | **Samullanghya sadaachaaram kashchit na aapnoti shobhanam || Whatever I knew, I told you everything. Anyone who transgresses this sadaachaara, will not get anything good. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 3: ****Maitreyah - ****Shandaapaviddapramukhaa (kathitaa bhagavaan tvayaa) viditaa bhagavanmayaa ****| **Udakyaadyaah cha me samyak nagnam icchaami veditum || In the previous chapter, we had seen who should not come in sight of Brahmins, who are having food in a shraaddha. I understood all these - shanda, apaviddha, and stree with *rajas *- I understood all these things well. I would like to know what is nagna. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 4: ****Ko nagnah kim samaachaaro nagna samnjyaam naro labhet | ****Nagna svaroopam icchaami yathaavat kathitam tvayaa | **Shrotum dharmabhrutaam shreshtha ha hi asti aviditam tava || Who is called a nagna. What does he do? What are his actions? I would like to know a nagna svaroopa, as it is, from you. O, excellent among those who are following the dharma. There is nothing which is not known to you. Please tell me about nagna lakshana. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 5: ****Sri Paraasharah - ****Rik yajus saama sanjnyeyam trayee varnaavruti dvija | **Etaam ujjhati yo mohaat sa nagnah paatakee smrutah || Sri Paraasharar - Trayee is called Rig, Yajus and Saama. This is a covering of varnaas, aksharaas. It is like a cloth which is covering us, it is a cloth made of varnaas. One who, out of ignorance or delusion, gives this up, is called a nagna. He is a great sinner. www.sadagopan.org [[187]] of 219
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**Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 6: ****Trayee samasta varnaanaam dvija samvaranam yatah | **Nagno bhavati ujjitaaya matah tasyaam na samshayah || Trayee is also called samvarana. It also destroys all the dukha, grief; in addition to being a covering. One who gives up this is called a nagna. There is no doubt about this. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Trayee iti | Trayee na vastraadivat aavarana maatram, kim tu samvaranam - ****sarva dukha nivaarakam; atah tattyaayee nagnah na tu digambara ityarthah | **Trayee is not just a covering like clothes. It is also samvarana, it destroys all kinds of dukha. He is not called digambara, but is called a nagna. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 7: ****Idam cha shrooyataam anyat yat bheeshmaaya mahaatmane | **Kathayaamaasa dharmajnyo vasishtho asmat pitaamahah || My grandfather Vasishtha, who is a dharmajna, who knew everything about dharma, he told Bheeshma. Whatever he told, please listen to me. There are some other things also which my grandfather told Bheeshma. I will tell you that. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 8: ****Mayaa api tasya gadatah shrutam etat mahaatmanah | ****Nagna sambandhi maitreya yat prushto aham iha tvayaa || **When he was teaching Bheeshma, I also heard this. Whatever you asked me now, same thing I also heard when Vasishtha was telling Bheeshma. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 9: ****Devaasuram abhoot yuddham divyam abda shatam puraa | **Tasmin paraajitaa devaa daityaih hraadapurogamaih || There was a great war between devaas and asuraas, which was going on for hundred deva varshaas, long back. The devaas were all defeated in this by daityaas such as Hraada and others. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 10: ****Ksheerodasya uttaram koolam gatvaa atapyanta chai tapah | **Vishnoh aaraadhanaarthaaya jaguh chemam stavam tadaa || Then went to the northern shore of the Ksheera samudra, and in order to worship Vishnu, they were engaged in tapas there. And they also prayed Vishnu with this stava. The Vishnu stava by devaas is going to be told. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 11: ****Devaah - ****Aaraadhanaaya lokaanaam vishnoh eeshasya yaam giram | **Vakshyaamo bhagavaan adya tayaa vishnuh praseedatu || *Devaas *- Whatever words of praise we are going to utter now, for worshipping Vishnu, who is the Supreme Lord of all the worlds, with www.sadagopan.org [[188]] of 219
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that, Bhagavaan Vishnu, let Him be pleased. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 12: ****Yato bhootaani asheshaani pra(bhoo)sootaani mahaatmanah | **Yasmin cha layameshyanti kastam stotum iha eeshvarah || From which Supreme Person, all beings were born, all these beings were born from Him. Which also go and merge unto Him. Who can even think about Him. Words are not enough.
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This is similar to the Taittiriya Shruti - Yato vaa imaani bhootaani jaayante … **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 13: ****Tathaa api araati vidhvamsa dhvasta veerya abhayaarthinah | **Tvaam stoshyaamah tava ukteenaam yaathaa(tmyam)rthyam naiva gochare || All our wealth and property is destroyed. All our valour is also destroyed. We are seeking abhaya from Vishnu. We are eulogizing You. Words cannot praise Him. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Tathaa api iti | Tava yaathaatmya (yaathaartyam) ukteenaam na gocharah iti **arthah | Your real nature cannot be expressed in words. Means, cannot be expressed enough. Because it is neverending. From now, they are going to tell about nature of Vishnu, that everything is His shareera. The shareera shareeri bhaava will be told in a wonderful way. That everything existing is His shareera, and He is shareeri.
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The shareera shareeri bhaava is the three kinds of relationships which exist always - aadhaara-aadheya bhaava, niyaamaka-niyaamya bhaava, sheshi-shesha bhaava. Everything is existing as His shareera. This is told with *saamaanaadhikaranya. *Bhinna pravrutti nimittaanaam shabdaanaam ekasmin arthe vruttih | Attributes which are not opposed to each other, which can qualify a single object. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 14: ****Tvam urvee salilam vanhih vaayuh aakaasham eva cha | **Samastam antahkaranam pradhaanam tatparah pumaan || You are the Earth; means that Earth is also an inseparable attribute to You. You are only water. You are fire, air, akaasha; You are only the pancha bhootaas. Everything is Your shareera, an inseparable attribute to You. *Manas, buddhi, *ahamkaara, and also pradhaana, are You. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Tvam urvee iti | Samastam antahkaranam mano buddhi ahamkaaraah | ****Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 15: ****Ekam tava etat bhootaatman moortaamoortamayam vapuh | ****Aabrahmastambaparyantam sthaana kaala vibhedavat || **Everything which is there, the subtle and gross ones, are all Your body, form only. Starting from Chaturmukha Brahma, to the lowest blade of grass, everything www.sadagopan.org [[189]] of 219
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existing at different times and places, everything is Your shareera only. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Ekam ityaadi | Sthaana kaala vibhedavat sthaana kaala visheshaabhyaam ****yuktam | Etat iti jagat nirdishyate | Evam bhootam jagat tava ekam vapuh iti ****arthah | Jagat sarvam shareeram te, tava brahmaatmane namah iti anvayah | ****Atra aatma shabdo roopa vachanah | **They are present in different places and times. This whole world is told by the word etat. This kind of world is Your one shareera. This is told in *Srimad *Raamaayana, in the Brahma Stuti in the end. Aatma shabda is roopa, form. All the bhootaas are Your form, is the meaning. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 16: ****Tatraisham tava yat poorvam tvat naabhi kamalodbhavam | ****Roopam vishva upakaaraaya tasmai brahmaatmane namah || **The form of Chaturmukha Brahma which came out of the Lotus, which came out of Your navel. For the good of the whole world, we prostrate unto You, who is also in the form of Chaturmukha Brahma; You are antaryaami, and He is also controlled by You, He is supported by You. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 17: ****Shakra arka rudra vasvashvi marut soma aadi bhedavat | ****Vayam ekam svaroopam te tasmai devaatmane namah || **Indra, Soorya, Rudra, Vasu, Ashvini Devataas, Marudganaas, Soma, the different kinds of Gods; we who are having different kinds of Gods, we are one form of Yours. Having all devaas as Your form, You are one antaryaami in all, we prostrate unto You. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 18: ****Dambha praayam asambodhi titikshaa dama varjitam | ****Yat roopam tava govinda tasmai daityaatmane namah || **Even the daityaas are Your form only. They do not have the proper knowledge, they do things in order to boast and show off, they don’t have forbearance or tolerance, they do not have control of the senses, that form of Yours, which is present as daityaas, we bow down unto You. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 19: ****Na ati jnyaanavahaa yasmin naadyah sthimita tejasi | **Shabdaadi lobhi yat tasmai tubhyam yakshaatmane namah || Yakshaas are also Your form only. They don’t have the discriminatory knowledge. They are after vishayaas. That form of Yours present as Yakshaas, We bow down to. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Na ati jnyaana iti | Yakshaanaam naadyo hi na adhika jnyaanavaahinyah | ****Sthimita tejasi stabdha viveke | Naatya iti paathe yasmin yaksha roope **nruttaadi stabdha viveke, janaa na ati jnyaana dharaah santi iti arthah | The naadis of Yakshaas do not transmit much knowledge. They do not have the discriminatory knowledge. They do not have much knowledge. www.sadagopan.org [[190]] of 219
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**Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 20: ****Krouryam maayaamayam ghoram yat cha roopam tava aasitam | **Nishaacharaatmane tasmai namaste purushottama || The form of Yours present as nishaacharaas, is a dark form of Yours, which is full of cruelty, doing all kinds of tricks, fearsome, we prostrate unto You, who is existing in this form also. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 21: ****Svargastha dharmi saddharma phalopakaranam tava | ****Dharmaakhyam cha tathaa roopam namastasmai janaardana || **Those who are present in svarga, who follow the dharma, who have done good deeds, the fruits of the good deeds that they have done, which is the means to give them the happiness, that form of Yours which is nothing but dharma, O Janaardana, we prostrate unto You. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Svargasya iti | Svargasthaanaam dharminaam sukrutinaam saddharma phalasya ****sukhaadeh yat upakaranam praapakam dharmaakhyam roopam | ****Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 22: ****Harshapraayam asamsargi gatimat gamanaadishu | ****Siddhaa(rtha)khyam tava yat roopam tasmai siddhaatmane namah || **That which moves around, has good movement, and does not slip while moving, moving steadily, that form of Yours which is called Siddha, which is full of joy, we bow down unto You. This is about those who have Siddhi, who have special powers. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Harshapraayam iti | Gatimat - gamanasheelam, gamanaadishu asamsargi ****askhalitam | ****Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 23: ****Atithikshaayanam krooram upabhogasaham hare | ****Dvijihvam tava yat roopam tasmai naagaatmane namah || **The form of Naagaatman, O Paramaatman, that form, which has two tongues, which is known for intolerance, very cruel, that which can enjoy, we prostrate unto You. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Atithikshaayanam iti | Upabhogasaham upabhoga samartham | ****Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 24: ****Avabodhi cha yat shaantam adosham apakalmasham | ****Rishi roopaatmane tasmai vishnu roopaaya te namah || **You who are existing in the form of Rishis, which is full of knowledge, which is peaceful and equipoised, which does not have raaga, dvesha and such defects, who have a pure mind without any defects, which is all pervading, who is present as the inner self of the rishis, we bow down unto You. www.sadagopan.org [[191]] of 219
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**Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Avabodhi iti | Adosham raaga aadi rahitam | Rishi roopasya aatmane | Vishnu **roopaaya vyaapta roopaaya | **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 25: ****Bhakshayati atha kalpaante bhootaani yat avaaritam | ****Tvat roopam pundareekaaksha tasmai kaalaatmane namah || **That form of Yours which is present as kaala, we prostrate unto You who is existing as kaala, which eats away everything at the end of the kalpa, without stoppage; the dissolution happens, at a specific time, nobody can stop it. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 26: ****Sambhakshya sarvabhootaani devaadeeni avisheshatah | **Nrutyatyante cha yat roopam tasmai rudraatmane namah || All beings including devaas and everyone, eating up all of them, without any distinction, which is engaged in some kind of dance, that form of Yours called Rudra, we prostrate unto that form. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 27: ****Pravruttyaa rajaso yat cha karmanaam karanaatmakam | **Janaardana namah tasmai tvat roopaaya naraatmane || The form of nara, manushya, human, which is also Vishnu only existing in all these forms, by nature, they are inclined to do lot of action, and engaged in karmaas which need a lot of anusthaana, we bow down unto You. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Pravruttyaa iti | Kaaranaatmakam anusthaanaatmakam | Naraatmane ****manushya roopaaya | **In all these forms, the antaraatman is eulogized here, and prostrated unto. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 28: ****Ashtaavimshadvadhopetam yat roopam taamasam tava | **Unmaargagaami sarvaatman tasmai vashyaatmane namah || The 28 kinds of vadhaas, told in Amsha 1, Chapter 5, that form of Yours, which is a taamasa roopa, which is going in the wrong path, we bow down to. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: **Ashtavimshat iti | Ashtaavimshat vadhah prathama amshe uktah | **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 29: ****Yajnya anga bhootam yat roopam jagatah sthiti saadhanam | ****Vrukshaadi bhedaih shat bhedi tasmai mukhyaatmane namah || **Whatever is the yajnya anga bhoota, responsible for the sthiti, of all the worlds, that form of Yours, which are accessories to yajnya, and which are the means to sustenance, that which sprouts up, that form of Yours, we bow down. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: **www.sadagopan.org [[192]] of 219
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**Yajnya anga bhootam iti | Shat bhedi - vruksha gulma lataa veeru truna giri ****bhedaih | Drushat upalaadeenaam api yajnya angatvam asti | Mukhyaatmane | ****Mukhyatvam cha tatra eva uktam | **The different varieties are trees, shrubs, twiners, small plants, grass, and even mud lump, stone, are all yajnya anga. Mukhya is said to be udbid, which sprouts up from the ground. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 30: ****Tiryak manushya devaadi vyoma shabdaadikam cha yat | **Roopam tava aadeh sarvasya tasmai sarvaatmane namah || Animals, humans, *devaas, aakaasha, vaayu, tejas, ap, pruthivi, shabda, sparsha, *roopa, rasa, gandha, the objects of the senses, all of that, whatever is existing is Your form only. One who is the cause of everything, one who has everything as His shareera, who is present as the aatma for everything, we prostrate unto You. Whatever was told so far, the different kinds of beings, plants, are the *vyashti *srushti. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 31: ****Pradhaana buddhi aadimayaat asheshaat yat anyat asmaat paramam paraatman ****| **Roopam tavaadyam yat ananya tulyam tasmai namah kaarana kaaranaaya || This is the samashti form of creation - *pradhaana, mahat, ahamkaara, *tanmaatraas, pancha tattvaas, the form which is present during the samashti form, collective creation, which is before even the *naama roopa *vyaakarana. This is the first form of Yours, the initial part of creation, which is incomparable, which does not have an equivalent, which is the cause. You are the cause of the cause also. We prostrate unto You. Bhagavaan uses pradhaana for creation, the deha, indriyaas, are all created from that only. Bhagavaan is cause of pradhaana also. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Pradhaana iti | Pradhaana iti aadinaa samashti purusha roopam uchyate | ****Kaarana kaaranaaya kaaranam avyaktam tasya kaaranam purushah * Avyaktam ****akshare leeyate * iti shruteh | **Samashti purusha’s form is told here. Kaarana is pradhaana, avyakta. The cause of that also is Purusha. In Subaalopanishad, it is told how pralaya happens. *Tanmaatraani ahamkaare leeyante, ahamkaarah mahati leeyate, mahat **avyakte leeyate, avyaktam akshare leeyate, aksharam tamasi leeyate, tamah pare *deve. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 32: ****Shukla aadi deergha aadi ghana aadi heenam agocharam yat cha ****visheshanaanaam | ****Shuddha atishuddham paramarshi drushyam roopaaya tasmai bhagavan nataah **smah || That which does not have any of the attributes told for the other objects, which are paarthiva, made of moola prakruti, the individual self who is beyond these, www.sadagopan.org [[193]] of 219
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which does not have attributes like colour/white, length/long, weight, not having these attributes, cannot be expressed with these kind of attributes, which is realized by Parama Rishis, the baddha svaroopa and mukta svaroopa, they are also Bhagavaan’s form only, we bow down. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Mukta svaroopam aaha - shukla iti | Prakruti apekshayaa shuddho baddhah, tat ****apekshayaa mukto atishuddhah | **In the earlier shloka, prakruti was told; compared to that, shuddha is *baddha *jeeva. Mukta is said to be ati shuddha. In Shruti it is told - " *Yah aatmani tishthan, aatmano antaro, yam aatmaa na veda, *yasya aatmaa shareeram, yah aatmaanam antaro yamayati", even aatman is shareera to Paramaatman only. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 33: ****Yat nah shareereshu yat anya deheshu ashesha vastushu ajam (vya)akshayam ****yat | ****Yasmaat cha na anyat vyatiriktam asti brahma svaroopaaya nataah sma tasmai **|| Now, Paramaatma svaroopa is going to be told. That which is there in all our bodies, which is also there in other bodies, in different kinds of beings, present in all the objects, ananta, it is present in all the objects, that which does not undergo any change, which is unborn, there is nothing other than that, to which everything is inseparably associated, everything is Bhagavat aatmaka, that nature of Yours, we bow down unto.
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Ananta is told as desha kaala vastu pariccheda raahitya. We cannot say that it is in this object, and not in some other object. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Para svaroopam aaha - yat na iti | Yasmaat anyat vyatiriktam na asti - pruthak ****siddham atadaatmakam yasmaat vyatiriktam na asti iti arthah | **Nothing can be separated from Bhagavaan. Everything is inseparably associated with Him. Neha naanaasti kinchana is told. Abraahmaatmaka naanaatva does not exist. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 34: ****Sakalam idam ajasya yasya roopam parama padaatmavatah sanaatanasya | ****Tamanidhanam ashesha beeja bhootam prabhum amalam pranataassma ****vaasudevam || **Everything is shareera, of one who is unborn, nitya, who does not have an end, who is Supreme Master, and is untouched by any defect, we prostrate unto that Vaasudeva. He is aja, anaadi, nitya, and everything is His form only. He is sanaatana. The Parama pada, the nityaas and muktaas who are there are all His form only, all www.sadagopan.org [[194]] of 219
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belong to Him. He is blemishless, is the Supreme Lord, we pay our obeisance to Him. The ubhaya vibhootimatva of Vaasudeva is being told here. **Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: ****Anyathaa anyatara pada vaiyarthyam nigamayati - sakalam iti | Sakalam ****sachetanam idam jagat parama padam tatratyaa aatmaanah cha roopam sa ****parama padaatmavaan | Anena shlokena ubhaya vibhootimatvam uktam iti **anusandheyam | Ashesha beejatvam ashesha roopatva hetuh | Everything is Bhagavadaatmaka. This world, consisting of chetana, achetana, and also the Paramapada, which has the nityaas, muktaas, that is also His form only. He is inner self of all the muktaas, nityaas in Paramapada. He is the cause of all the forms who are seen. This ends the most wonderful stotra of devaas to Vishnu, on the banks of *Ksheera *Saagara, in order to protect them. Then, Vishnu appears in front of them, which we see next. We are studying Amsha 3, Chapter 17, where devataas are eulogizing Sri Vishnu in many ways, and are praising and telling that everything is shareera to Bhagavaan, that He is the controller, supporter, and everything is meant for His purpose. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 35: ****Sri Paraasharah - ****Stotrasya cha avasaane te dadrushuh parameshvaram | ****Shanka chakra gadaa paanim garudastham suraa harim || **At the end of all this wonderful stotra by devaas to Bhagavaan, they directly saw Paramaatman. Mahaa Vishnu, who came seated on Garuda, He was wearing His divine weapons, Shanka, Chakra, Gadaa, etc. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 36: ****Tam oochuh sakalaa devaah pranipaata purassaram | **Praseeda naatha daityebhyah traahi nah sharanaarthinah || They prostrated to Bhagavaan, and told Him thus. We have come, taking refuge in You, please do protect us from daityaas, demons. Be pleased. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 37: ****Trailokya yajnya bhaagaah cha daiyaih hraadapurogamaih | **Hrutaa nah brahmano api aajnyaam ullanghya parameshvara || Hraada and other daityaas have stolen all the havis offered to us in all the yajnyaas, in all three worlds. They have not followed Brahma’s rule also. They have transgressed the laws layed down by Chaturmukha Brahma. And have stolen all the yajnya bhaagaas offered in the three worlds. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 38: ****Yadi api ashesha bhootasya vayam te cha tavaamshajaah | **Tathaa api avidyaa bhedena bhinnam pashyaamahe jagat || You are everything. We are also born from Your amsha only. Even though it is so, www.sadagopan.org [[195]] of 219
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we are all covered by avidyaa, nescience, due to our karma. We see the world as bhinna, different from You, and do not perceive Your real nature, because of ignorance. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 39: ****Sva varna dharmaabhirataa veda maarga anusaarinah | **Na shakyaah te arayo hantum asmaabhih tapasaa(nvi)vrutaah || They are performing tapas, and are following all the varna dharmaas, as laid down in the shaastraas. They are following the veda maargaas told in the shaastraas, and are doing everything. Because of this, we are not able to destroy our enemies, as they are following the Veda maarga, doing everything as told in the shaastraas. They have the power, because of which we are not able to destroy them. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 40: ****Tam upaayam ashesha aatman asmaakam daatum arhasi | **Yena taan asuraan hantum bhavema bhagavan kshamaah || Please do tell us a way by which we can destroy them, O Bhagavaan. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 41: ****Sri Paraasharah - ****Iti ukto bhagavaan tebhyo maayamoham shareeratah | **Samutpaadya dadou vishnuh praaha chedam surottamaan || *Sri Paraasharah *- Immediately, Sri Vishnu created a being called Maayaamoha, one who causes delusion. Gave them to the asuraas and told thus. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 42: ****Sri Bhagavaan uvaacha - ****Maayaamoho ayam akhilaan daityaan taan mohayishyati | **Tato vadhyaa bhavishyanti veda maarga bahishkrutaah || *Sri Bhagavaan *- He is Maayaamoha, and with his maaya he will cause moha to everyone, the daityaas, with his aashcharya shakti, excellent powers. With that, he will delude the asuraas, make them go in the wrong way. Then, they can be killed. They will leave the path of Veda, and go astray. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 43: ****Sthitou sthitasya me vadhyaa yaavantah paripanthinah | **Brahmano hi adhikaarasya devaa daityaadikaah suraah || O Gods, I am always established in sustaining the worlds. If anyone is transgressing Chaturmukha Brahma’s order, they will be my enemies, whether they are demons or gods. Because I have made Chaturmukha Brahma rule over the world, and given him the powers; everyone has to follow his orders. If they do not follow his orders, they will be destroyed by Me, because I am always established in sustaining this world. **Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 44: ****Tat gacchata na bheeh kaaryaa mayaamoho ayamagratah | **Gacchannadya upakaaraaya bhavataam bhavitaa suraah || Make this Maayaamoha go in front and follow him. Don’t be scared. He will lead you and help you in whatever you are asking, in destroying the daityaas. www.sadagopan.org [[196]] of 219
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**Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 3, Chapter 17, Shloka 45: ****Sri Paraasharah - ****Iti uktaah pranipatya enam yayuh devaa yathaagatam | *Maayamoho api taih saarddham yayou yatra mahaasuraah || Sri Paraasharah - Devaas did namaskaara and left. Maayaamoha, went along with them to the place where the great demons were performing tapas. This completes Chapter 17. || Iti Sri Vishnu Puraane Truteeye Amshe Saptadasho Adhyaayah || || Iti Sri Vishnu Puraana Vyaakhyaane Vishnu Chitteeye Truteeye Amshe **Saptadasho Adhyaayah || *****www.sadagopan.org [[197]] of 219
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|| Atha Ashtaadasho Adhyaayah || ****Maayaamoha instructs Asuraas, Story of King **who spoke to the Paashandi Now, Chapter 18.