PLATE THREE

Maya Danava, the great leader of the demons, prepared three invisible
residences and gave them to the demons. These dwellings resembled
airplanes made of gold, silver and iron, and they contained uncommon
paraphernalia, which enabled the demons to remain invisible. Taking
advantage of this opportunity, the demons began to attack the three plan-
etary systems. Seeing this great disturbance, the Supreme Lord Krsna, by
His own personal potency (consisting of religion, knowledge, renuncia-
tion, opulence, austerity, education and activities) equipped Lord Siva
with all the necessary paraphernalia, such as a chariot, a charioteer, a
flag, horses, elephants, a bow, a shield and an arrow. When Lord Siva
was fully equipped in this way, he sat down on the chariot with his ar-
rows and bow to fight with the demons. The most powerful Lord Siva
then joined the arrows to his bow, and at noon he set fire to all three resi-
dences of the demons and thus destroyed them. (pp. 8-17)
