CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
TEXT 1
मैत्रेय उषाच तदेवमाकर्ष्य जलेशमाषितं महामनास्तद्विगणय्य दुर्मदः । हरेर्विदित्वा गतिमङ्ग नारदाद् रसातलं निर्विविशे त्वरान्वितः ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca tad evam ākarṇya jaleśa-bhāṣitam mahāmanās tad vigaṇayya durmadaḥ harer viditvā gatim aṅga nāradād rasātalam nirviviśe tvarānvitaḥ
maitreyaḥ—the great sage Maitreya; uvāca—said; tat—that; evam—thus; ākarṇya—hearing; jaleśa—of the controller of water, Varuṇa; bhāṣitam—words; mahāmanāḥ—proud; tat—those words; vigaṇayya—having paid little heed to; durmadaḥ—vainglorious; hareḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; viditvā—having learned; gatim—the whereabouts; aṅga—O dear Vidura; nāradāt—from Nārada; rasātalam—to the depths of the ocean; nirviviśe—entered; tvarā-anvitaḥ—with great speed.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya continued: The proud and falsely glorious Daitya paid little heed to the words of Varuṇa. O dear Vidura, he learned from Nārada the whereabouts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and hurriedly betook himself to the depths of the ocean.
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