Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.90.43
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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daiteyāḥ
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the descendants of Diti, demons
From Diti, mother of asuras. The Bhāgavatam distinguishes daiteyas (Diti's line) from daityas (broadly) and dānavas (Danu's line). 90.43 names the daiteyas specifically — Diti's reborn brood needs Kṛṣṇa's incarnation to absorb them.
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deva-asura-āhava
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battles between demigods and demons
Triple compound: deva + asura + āhava (battle). The recurring cosmic war. Gauḍīyas: this war is the structural background of every avatāra-līlā. Even Bhagavān's pastoral pastimes occur against demonic pressure (Pūtanā, Aghāsura, Kaṁsa).
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su-dāruṇāḥ
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very dreadful
su (intensive) + dāruṇa (cruel, dreadful). The verse refuses to soften the demonic; evil is named as evil. Gauḍīyas: bhakti is realistic about adharma. There is no 'all is one' equivalence with the asuric.
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babādhire
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they harassed
Perfect of √bādh — to oppress. The same verb used of demons throughout Bhāgavatam (e.g. Hiraṇyakaśipu bādhati prajāḥ). Vaiṣṇava cosmology: the world is a place where dharma is bādhita — pressed upon — until Bhagavān descends.
The demons were most ferocious and in later births became proud and harassed the population.
The reason for the unlimited number of Yādavas is explained in two verses. The demons were fierce and proud. They harassed the population.
Demons killed in past wars between gods and asuras took human birth and harassed the people. The cosmic enemy never simply dies; it reincarnates. Bhagavān's descent is not luxurious; it is the response demanded by recurrent evil.
Bhāgavatam (SB 3.16, 7.1) records that the gatekeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, cursed by the four Kumāras, fell three times to take demoniac births so that the Lord could repeatedly kill and liberate them — first as Hiraṇyakaśipu/Hiraṇyākṣa, then as Rāvaṇa/Kumbhakarṇa, then as Śiśupāla/Dantavakra.
Verse 90.43 frames the pattern more broadly: demons reborn as humans must be slain again. Gauḍīyas: this is why Bhagavān descends. Mokṣa for the demon is given through His weapon; protection for His devotees is given through the same act.
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Source: vedabase.io