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Durga Saptashati — Chapter 1, Verse 66

Madhu-Kaitabha Vadha

उत्पन्नेति तदा लोके सा नित्याप्यभिधीयते । योगनिद्रां यदा विष्णुर्जगत्येकार्णवीकृते ॥ ६६ ॥

utpanneti tadā loke sā nityāpyabhidhīyate yoganidrāṁ yadā viṣhṇurjagatyekārṇavīkṛite

Translation

then, though eternal, she is said in the world to be 'born.' When the world had become one ocean and Vishnu, at the end of a kalpa,

Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)

तब नित्य होते हुए भी वे लोक में 'उत्पन्न' कही जाती हैं। जब कल्प के अंत में सारा जगत एक महासागर बन गया था, और भगवान विष्णु

Commentary

The first episode begins at the end of a cosmic cycle, when everything has dissolved into the single ocean (ekarnava). This is the setting of the Madhu-Kaitabha story.

Durga Saptashati Chapter 1.66 (Madhu-Kaitabha Vadha)