Shloka 28
Narasiṃha’s Greatness and the Slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu
Boon, Portents, and Cosmic Restoration
तथा दैत्याश्च साध्याश्च विश्वे च वसवस्तथा । रुद्रा देवगणा यक्षा देवद्विजमहर्षयः
tathā daityāśca sādhyāśca viśve ca vasavastathā | rudrā devagaṇā yakṣā devadvijamaharṣayaḥ
ដូចគ្នានោះ ពួកដៃត្យៈ និងសាធ្យៈ ពួកវិશ્વេទេវៈ និងវសុ; ពួករុទ្រៈ ក្រុមទេវតា ពួកយក្សៈ និងព្រះឥសីកំណើតទេវៈជាមួយមហាឥសីទាំងឡាយក៏ (មាន/ត្រូវបានរំលឹក) ដែរ។
Unspecified (narratorial verse within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: दैत्याश्च = दैत्याः + च; साध्याश्च = साध्याः + च; देवगणा = देवगणाः (visarga-lopa in saṃhitā); देवद्विजमहर्षयः treated as dvandva listing three classes.
FAQs
They are standard Vedic-Puranic classes of celestial beings: Sādhyas and Viśvedevas are groups of deities, the Vasus are eight elemental gods, and the Rudras are a group associated with Rudra/Śiva (often counted as eleven).
Such catalog-style verses are common in the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa to map the cosmos and its inhabitants, showing a comprehensive hierarchy of divine, semi-divine, and opposing (asuric) lineages within creation narratives.
By naming both divine hosts and asuric groups, the text presents creation as encompassing all orders of beings under cosmic law (dharma), indicating that the world includes multiple powers and realms within a single structured universe.