CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

The Battle Between Lord Boar
and the Demon Hiranyaksa

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maitreya uvaca
tad evam akarnya jalesa-bhagsitam
mahamanas tad viganayya durmadah
harer viditva gatim anga naradad
rasatalam nirvivise tvardnvitah

maitreyah—the great sage Maitreya; uvdca—said; tat—that; evam—thus;
adkarnya—hearing; jalesa—of the controller of water, Varuna; bhasitam—
words; mahadmanah—proud; tat—those words; viganayya—having paid
little heed to; durmadah—vainglorious; hareh—of the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead; viditva—having learned; gatim—the whereabouts; anga-
QO dear Vidura; ndradat—from Narada; rasdtalam—to the depths of the
ocean; nirvivise—entered; tvard-anvitah—with great speed.

TRANSLATION

Maitreya continued: The proud and falsely glorious Daitya paid
little heed to the words of Varuna. O dear Vidura, he learned from Narada
the whereabouts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and hurriedly
betook himself to the depths of the ocean.

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