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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.10.54-55

स निर्माय पुरस्तिस्रो हैमीरौप्यायसीर्विभु: । दुर्लक्ष्यापायसंयोगा दुर्वितर्क्यपरिच्छदा: ॥ ५४ ॥ ताभिस्तेऽसुरसेनान्यो लोकांस्त्रीन् सेश्वरान्नृप । स्मरन्तो नाशयां चक्रु: पूर्ववैरमलक्षिता: ॥ ५५ ॥
sa nirmāya puras tisro
[sa nirmaaya puras tisro]
haimī-raupyāyasīr vibhuḥ
[haimee-raupyaayaseer vibhuh]
durlakṣyāpāya-saṁyogā
[durlakshyaapaaya-samyogaa]
durvitarkya-paricchadāḥ
[durvitarkya-parichchadaah]
tābhis te ’sura-senānyo
[taabhis te ’sura-senaanyo]
lokāṁs trīn seśvarān nṛpa
[lokaams treen seshvaraan nripa]
smaranto nāśayāṁ cakruḥ
[smaranto naashayaam chakruh]
pūrva-vairam alakṣitāḥ
[poorva-vairam alakshitaah]
saḥ — that (great demon Maya Dānava) nirmāya — constructing puraḥ — big residences tisraḥ — three haimī — made of gold raupyā — made of silver āyasīḥ — made of iron vibhuḥ — very great, powerful durlakṣya — immeasurable apāya-saṁyogāḥ — whose movements in coming and going durvitarkya — uncommon paricchadāḥ — possessing paraphernalia tābhiḥ — by all of them (the three residences, which resembled airplanes) te — they asura-senā-anyaḥ — the commanders of the asuras lokān trīn — the three worlds sa-īśvarān — with their chief rulers nṛpa — my dear King Yudhiṣṭhira smarantaḥ — remembering nāśayām cakruḥ — began to annihilate pūrva — former vairam — enmity alakṣitāḥ — unseen by anyone else.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa nirmāya puras tisro
saḥ
that (great demon Maya Dānava)
nirmāya
constructing
puraḥ
big residences
tisraḥ
three
haimī-raupyāyasīr vibhuḥ
haimī
made of gold
raupyā
made of silver
āyasīḥ
made of iron
vibhuḥ
very great, powerful
durlakṣyāpāya-saṁyogā
durlakṣya
immeasurable
apāya-saṁyogāḥ
whose movements in coming and going
durvitarkya-paricchadāḥ
durvitarkya
uncommon
paricchadāḥ
possessing paraphernalia
tābhis te ’sura-senānyo
tābhiḥ
by all of them (the three residences, which resembled airplanes)
te
they
asura-senā-anyaḥ
the commanders of the asuras
lokāṁs trīn seśvarān nṛpa
lokān trīn
the three worlds
smaranto nāśayāṁ cakruḥ
sa-īśvarān
with their chief rulers
nṛpa
my dear King Yudhiṣṭhira
smarantaḥ
remembering
nāśayām cakruḥ
began to annihilate
pūrva-vairam alakṣitāḥ
pūrva
former
vairam
enmity
alakṣitāḥ
unseen by anyone else.
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.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Powerful Maya Dānava prepared three residences made of gold, silver and iron, equipped with uncommon instruments, whose coming and going could not be seen, and gave them to the demons. O King! Because of these three dwellings, the commanders of the demons, remembering their previous enmity, without being seen, destroyed the three worlds and their leaders. The houses’ coming and doing could not be seen. He made the houses and gave them to the demons.
Maya builds three invisible airplane-residences of gold, silver, iron — making the demons invisible to demigods and enabling them to vanquish the three worlds. The architecture of illusion is technical and elegant. Beware brilliantly designed structures that make harm invisible.
Reflection Questions
  • Which elegant structure in your culture makes harm invisible while it proceeds?
  • How could you make visible what was designed to hide?
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