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[[Category:Bhagavatam Verses Spoken by Maitreya Rsi - Vaniquotes]]
[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 03 Chapter 20 - Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura]]
[[Category:Srimad Bhagavatam, Cantos 01 to 09 - All Verse Translations]]
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<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<h3>SB Canto 3</h3>
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He then created the chief demigods, who were shining with the glory of goodness. He dropped before them the effulgent form of daytime, and the demigods sportingly took possession of it.
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[[Vanisource:SB 3.20.22|SB 3.20.22, Translation and Purport]]
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He then created the chief demigods, who were shining with the glory of goodness. He dropped before them the effulgent form of daytime, and the demigods sportingly took possession of it.
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Demons were born from the creation of night, and the demigods were born from the creation of day. In other words, demons like the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas are born of the quality of ignorance, and demigods are born of the quality of goodness.
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