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नारद उवाच । हिरण्यपुरमित्येतत्ख्यातं पुरवरं महत् । दैत्यानां दानवानां च मायाशतविचारिणाम्॥५-९८-१॥
Nārada said: This great and eminent city is famed as Hiraṇyapura, belonging to the Daityas and Dānavas, who are skilled in hundreds of stratagems of māyā (illusion).
english translation
अनल्पेन प्रयत्नेन निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा । मयेन मनसा सृष्टं पातालतलमाश्रितम्॥५-९८-२॥
With no small effort it was built by Viśvakarman; conceived in Maya’s mind, it is set upon the level of Pātāla.
english translation
अत्र मायासहस्राणि विकुर्वाणा महौजसः । दानवा निवसन्ति स्म शूरा दत्तवराः पुरा॥५-९८-३॥
There dwell the mighty Dānavas—heroes who long ago received boons—unceasingly bringing forth thousands of illusory transformations.
english translation
नैते शक्रेण नान्येन वरुणेन यमेन वा । शक्यन्ते वशमानेतुं तथैव धनदेन च॥५-९८-४॥
Neither Śakra nor any other—Varuṇa, Yama, or likewise Dhanada—can bring them under control.
english translation
असुराः कालखञ्जाश्च तथा विष्णुपदोद्भवाः । नैरृता यातुधानाश्च ब्रह्मवेदोद्भवाश्च ये॥५-९८-५॥
Asuras, Kālakhañjas, and those said to have arisen from Viṣṇu’s footprint; also Nairṛtas and Yātudhānas, and those described as originating from Brahman and the Veda.
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