Text 11] Lord Siva Saves the Universe 251
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tathdsuran avisad dsurena
ripena tesam bala-viryam irayan
uddipayan deva-ganams ca visnur
daivena nagendram abodha-riipah

tatha—thereafter; asurdn—unto the demons; dvisat—entered;
dsurena—by the quality of passion; rapena—in such a form; tesam—of
them; bala-viryam—strength and energy; irayan—increasing;
uddipayan—encouraging; deva-gandn—the demigods; ca—also;
visnuh—Lord Visnu; daivena—by the feature of goodness; naga-
indram—unto the King of the serpents, Vasuki; abodha-riipah—by the
quality of ignorance.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, Lord Visnu entered the demons as the quality of
passion, the demigods as the quality of goodness, and Vasuki as the
quality of ignorance to encourage them and increase their various
types of strength and energy.

PURPORT

Everyone in this material world is under the different modes of ma-
terial nature. There were three different parties in the churning of
Mandara Mountain—the demigods, who were in the mode of goodness,
the demons, who were in the mode of passion, and the snake Vasuki, who
was in the mode of ignorance. Since they were all becoming tired (Vasuki
so much so that he was almost going to die), Lord Visnu, to encourage
them to continue the work of churning the ocean, entered into them
