CHAPTER TEN
The Battle Between
the Demigods and the Demons
The summary of Chapter Ten is as follows. Because of envy, the fight be-
tween the demons and the demigods continued. When the demigods were
almost defeated by demoniac maneuvers and became morose, Lord Visnu
appeared among them.

Both the demigods and the demons are expert in activities involving
the material energy, but the demigods are devotees of the Lord, whereas
the demons are just the opposite. The demigods and demons churned the
ocean of milk to get nectar from it, but the demons, not being devotees of
the Lord, could derive no profit. After feeding nectar to the demigods,
Lord Visnu returned to His abode on the back of Garuda, but the
demons, being most aggrieved, again declared war against the demigods.
Bali Maharaja, the son of Virocana, became the commander in chief of
the demons. In the beginning of the battle, the demigods prepared to
defeat the demons. Indra, King of heaven, fought with Bali, and other
demigods, like Vayu, Agni and Varuna, fought against other leaders of
the demons. In this fight the demons were defeated, and to save them-
selves from death they began to manifest many illusions through ma-
terial maneuvers, killing many soldiers on the side of the demigods. The
demigods, finding no other recourse, surrendered again to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Visnu, who then appeared and counteracted all
the illusions presented by the jugglery of the demons. Heroes among the
demons such as Kalanemi, Mali, Sumali and Malyavan fought the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and were all killed by the Lord. The
demigods were thus freed from all dangers.

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