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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<div id="SB_Canto_1" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 1"><h3>SB Canto 1</h3>
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<div id="SB1158_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="579" link="SB 1.15.8" link_text="SB 1.15.8">
<div class="heading">The demon Maya Dānava was an inhabitant of the forest Khāṇḍava, and when the Khāṇḍava Forest was set on fire, he asked protection from Arjuna.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.15.8|SB 1.15.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The demon Maya Dānava was an inhabitant of the forest Khāṇḍava, and when the Khāṇḍava Forest was set on fire, he asked protection from Arjuna. Arjuna saved his life, and as a result of this the demon felt obliged. He reciprocated by building a wonderful assembly house for the Pāṇḍavas, which attracted the extraordinary attention of all state princes. They felt the supernatural power of the Pāṇḍavas, and thus without grudge all of them submitted and paid tributes to the Emperor. The demons possess wonderful and supernatural powers to create material wonders. But they are always disturbing elements of the society. The modern demons are the harmful material scientists who create some material wonders for disturbance in the society.</p>
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<div id="SB1158_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_1" book="SB" index="579" link="SB 1.15.8" link_text="SB 1.15.8">
<div class="heading">The demon Maya Dānava was an inhabitant of the forest Khāṇḍava, and when the Khāṇḍava Forest was set on fire, he asked protection from Arjuna. Arjuna saved his life, and as a result of this the demon felt obliged. He reciprocated by building a wonderful assembly house for the Pāṇḍavas.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 1.15.8|SB 1.15.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The demon Maya Dānava was an inhabitant of the forest Khāṇḍava, and when the Khāṇḍava Forest was set on fire, he asked protection from Arjuna. Arjuna saved his life, and as a result of this the demon felt obliged. He reciprocated by building a wonderful assembly house for the Pāṇḍavas, which attracted the extraordinary attention of all state princes. They felt the supernatural power of the Pāṇḍavas, and thus without grudge all of them submitted and paid tributes to the Emperor. The demons possess wonderful and supernatural powers to create material wonders. But they are always disturbing elements of the society. The modern demons are the harmful material scientists who create some material wonders for disturbance in the society. For example, the creation of nuclear weapons has caused some panic in human society.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_5" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 5"><h3>SB Canto 5</h3>
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<div id="SB5249_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_5" book="SB" index="597" link="SB 5.24.9" link_text="SB 5.24.9">
<div class="heading">In the imitation heavens known as bila-svarga there is a great demon named Maya Dānava, who is an expert artist and architect. He has constructed many brilliantly decorated cities.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.24.9|SB 5.24.9, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">My dear King, in the imitation heavens known as bila-svarga there is a great demon named Maya Dānava, who is an expert artist and architect. He has constructed many brilliantly decorated cities. There are many wonderful houses, walls, gates, assembly houses, temples, yards and temple compounds, as well as many hotels serving as residential quarters for foreigners. The houses for the leaders of these planets are constructed with the most valuable jewels, and they are always crowded with living entities known as Nāgas and Asuras, as well as many pigeons, parrots and similar birds. All in all, these imitation heavenly cities are most beautifully situated and attractively decorated.</p>
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<div id="SB52428_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_5" book="SB" index="616" link="SB 5.24.28" link_text="SB 5.24.28">
<div class="heading">Beneath the planet known as Sutala is another planet, called Talātala, which is ruled by the Dānava demon named Maya.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.24.28|SB 5.24.28, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Beneath the planet known as Sutala is another planet, called Talātala, which is ruled by the Dānava demon named Maya. Maya is known as the ācārya (master) of all the māyāvīs, who can invoke the powers of sorcery. For the benefit of the three worlds, Lord Śiva, who is known as Tripurāri, once set fire to the three kingdoms of Maya, but later, being pleased with him, he returned his kingdom. Since that time, Maya Dānava has been protected by Lord Śiva, and therefore he falsely thinks that he need not fear the Sudarśana cakra of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_7" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 7"><h3>SB Canto 7</h3>
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<div id="SB710Summary_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="414" link="SB 7.10 Summary" link_text="SB 7.10 Summary">
<div class="heading">Nārada Muni described how the demon Maya Dānava constructed Tripura for the demons, who became very powerful and defeated the demigods.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.10 Summary|SB 7.10 Summary]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Nārada Muni described how the demon Maya Dānava constructed Tripura for the demons, who became very powerful and defeated the demigods. Because of this defeat, Lord Rudra, Śiva, dismantled Tripura; thus he became famous as Tripurāri. For this, Rudra is very much appreciated and worshiped by the demigods.</p>
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<div id="SB71051_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="462" link="SB 7.10.51" link_text="SB 7.10.51">
<div class="heading">My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, long, long ago in history, a demon known as Maya Dānava, who was very expert in technical knowledge, reduced the reputation of Lord Śiva.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.10.51|SB 7.10.51, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, long, long ago in history, a demon known as Maya Dānava, who was very expert in technical knowledge, reduced the reputation of Lord Śiva. In that situation, Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, saved Lord Śiva.</p>
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<div id="SB71052_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="463" link="SB 7.10.52" link_text="SB 7.10.52">
<div class="heading">For what reason did the demon Maya Dānava vanquish Lord Śiva's reputation? How did Lord Kṛṣṇa save Lord Śiva and expand his reputation again?
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.10.52|SB 7.10.52, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira said: For what reason did the demon Maya Dānava vanquish Lord Śiva's reputation? How did Lord Kṛṣṇa save Lord Śiva and expand his reputation again? Kindly describe these incidents.</p>
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<div id="SB71053_3" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="464" link="SB 7.10.53" link_text="SB 7.10.53">
<div class="heading">Lord Kṛṣṇa, fought with the asuras, the asuras were defeated, and therefore they took shelter of Maya Dānava, the greatest of the demons.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.10.53|SB 7.10.53, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Nārada Muni said: When the demigods, who are always powerful by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, fought with the asuras, the asuras were defeated, and therefore they took shelter of Maya Dānava, the greatest of the demons.</p>
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<div id="SB7105455_4" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="465" link="SB 7.10.54-55" link_text="SB 7.10.54-55">
<div class="heading">Maya Dānava, the great leader of the demons, prepared three invisible residences and gave them to the demons.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.10.54-55|SB 7.10.54-55, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Maya Dānava, 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. My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, because of these three dwellings the commanders of the demons remained invisible to the demigods. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the demons, remembering their former enmity, began to vanquish the three worlds—the upper, middle and lower planetary systems.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_101_to_1013" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13"><h3>SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13</h3>
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<div id="SB101Summary_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_10.1_to_10.13" book="SB" index="1" link="SB 10.1 Summary" link_text="SB 10.1 Summary">
<div class="heading">The demon Maya Dānava constructed an assembly house for the Pāṇḍavas, and Duryodhana was very much aggrieved.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 10.1 Summary|SB 10.1 Summary]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">After the Pāṇḍavas finished living incognito in the forest, Kṛṣṇa went to Indraprastha to see them. He then married five wives, headed by Kālindī. After Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna set fire to the Khāṇḍava Forest, Arjuna received the Gāṇḍīva bow. The demon Maya Dānava constructed an assembly house for the Pāṇḍavas, and Duryodhana was very much aggrieved.</p>
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