asuraḥ

  • a demon — SB 3.18.22-23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.18.22-23

    Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, this demon has proved to be a constant pinprick to the demigods, the brāhmaṇas, the cows and innocent persons who are spotless and always dependent upon worshiping Your lotus feet. He has become a source of fear by unnecessarily harassing them. Since he has attained a boon from me, he has become a demon, always searching for a proper combatant, wandering all over the universe for this infamous purpose.    , SB 7.7.50plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.7.50

    If a demigod, demon, human being, Yakṣa, Gandharva or anyone within this universe renders service to the lotus feet of Mukunda, who can deliver liberation, he is actually situated in the most auspicious condition of life, exactly like us [the mahājanas, headed by Prahlāda Mahārāja].
  • although born in a demoniac family — SB 7.4.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.4.33

    Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in a family of asuras, he himself was not an asura but a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu. Unlike the other asuras, he was never envious of Vaiṣṇavas. He was not agitated when put into danger, and he was neither directly nor indirectly interested in the fruitive activities described in the Vedas. Indeed, he considered everything material to be useless, and therefore he was completely devoid of material desires. He always controlled his senses and life air, and being of steady intelligence and determination, he subdued all lusty desires.
  • although born in an asura family — SB 7.13.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.13.15

    The advanced devotee Prahlāda Mahārāja duly worshiped and offered obeisances to the saintly person who had adopted a python's means of livelihood. After thus worshiping the saintly person and touching his own head to the saint's lotus feet, Prahlāda Mahārāja, in order to understand him, inquired very submissively as follows.
  • Asura — SB 6.10.19-22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.10.19-22

    Many hundreds and thousands of demons, demi-demons, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas [man-eaters] and others, headed by Sumāli and Māli, resisted the armies of King Indra, which even death personified cannot easily overcome. Among the demons were Namuci, Śambara, Anarvā, Dvimūrdhā, Ṛṣabha, Asura, Hayagrīva, Śaṅkuśirā, Vipracitti, Ayomukha, Pulomā, Vṛṣaparvā, Praheti, Heti and Utkala. Roaring tumultuously and fearlessly like lions, these invincible demons, all dressed in golden ornaments, gave pain to the demigods with weapons like clubs, bludgeons, arrows, barbed darts, mallets and lances.
  • Bali Mahārāja — SB 8.10.45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.10.45

    My dear King, Bali Mahārāja then disappeared and resorted to demoniac illusions. A giant mountain, generated from illusion, then appeared above the heads of the demigod soldiers.
  • because he was a demon — SB 10.4.43plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.43

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Thus, having considered the instructions of his bad ministers, Kaṁsa, who was bound by the laws of Yamarāja and devoid of good intelligence because he was a demon, decided to persecute the saintly persons, the brāhmaṇas, as the only way to achieve his own good fortune.
  • belong to the demoniac group — SB 9.18.12-14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.18.12-14

    We are among the qualified brāhmaṇas, who are accepted as the face of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The brāhmaṇas have created the entire universe by their austerity, and they always keep the Absolute Truth within the core of their hearts. They have directed the path of good fortune, the path of Vedic civilization, and because they are the only worshipable objects within this world, they are offered prayers and worshiped even by the great demigods, the directors of the various planets, and even by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul, the supreme purifier, the husband of the goddess of fortune. And we are even more respectable because we are in the dynasty of Bhṛgu. Yet although this woman's father, being among the demons, is our disciple, she has put on my dress, exactly like a śūdra taking charge of Vedic knowledge.
  • born in a family of demons — SB 7.7.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.7.1

    Nārada Muni said: Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in a family of asuras, he was the greatest of all devotees. Having thus been questioned by his class friends, the sons of the asuras, he remembered the words spoken to him by me and replied to his friends as follows.
  • demon — SB 5.19.8plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.19.8

    Therefore, whether one is a demigod or a demon, a man or a creature other than man, such as a beast or bird, everyone should worship Lord Rāmacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appears on this earth just like a human being. There is no need of great austerities or penances to worship the Lord, for Me accepts even a small service offered by His devotee. Thus He is satisfied, and as soon as He is satisfied, the devotee is successful. Indeed, Lord Śrī Rāmacandra brought all the devotees of Ayodhyā back home, back to Godhead [Vaikuṇṭha].
  • demoniac nature — SB 7.4.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.4.33

    Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in a family of asuras, he himself was not an asura but a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu. Unlike the other asuras, he was never envious of Vaiṣṇavas. He was not agitated when put into danger, and he was neither directly nor indirectly interested in the fruitive activities described in the Vedas. Indeed, he considered everything material to be useless, and therefore he was completely devoid of material desires. He always controlled his senses and life air, and being of steady intelligence and determination, he subdued all lusty desires.
  • great demon — SB 7.8.41plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.41

    Lord Śiva said: The end of the millennium is the time for Your anger. Now that this insignificant demon Hiraṇyakaśipu has been killed, O my Lord, who are naturally affectionate to Your devotee, kindly protect his son Prahlāda Mahārāja, who is standing nearby as Your fully surrendered devotee.
  • Hiraṇyakaśipu — SB 7.8.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.24

    Just as a small insect falls forcefully into a fire and the insignificant creature becomes invisible, when Hiraṇyakaśipu attacked the Lord, who was full of effulgence, Hiraṇyakaśipu became invisible. This is not at all astonishing, for the Lord is always situated in pure goodness. Formerly, during creation, He entered the dark universe and illuminated it by His spiritual effulgence.
  • my father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, the great demon — SB 7.9.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.9.14

    My Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, please, therefore, cease Your anger now that my father, the great demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, has been killed. Since even saintly persons take pleasure in the killing of a scorpion or a snake, all the worlds have achieved great satisfaction because of the death of this demon. Now they are confident of their happiness, and they will always remember Your auspicious incarnation in order to be free from fear.
  • Prahlāda Mahārāja, although born of an asura father — SB 7.5.56-57plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.56-57

    My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, all the children were very much affectionate and respectful to Prahlāda Mahārāja, and because of their tender age they were not so polluted by the instructions and actions of their teachers, who were attached to condemned duality and bodily comfort. Thus the boys surrounded Prahlāda Mahārāja, giving up their playthings, and sat down to hear him. Their hearts and eyes being fixed upon him, they looked at him with great earnestness. Prahlāda Mahārāja, although born in a demon family, was an exalted devotee, and he desired their welfare. Thus he began instructing them about the futility of materialistic life.
  • the demon (Hiraṇyakaśipu) — SB 7.5.43-44plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.43-44

    Hiraṇyakaśipu could not kill his son by throwing him beneath the feet of big elephants, throwing him among huge, fearful snakes, employing destructive spells, hurling him from the top of a hill, conjuring up illusory tricks, administering poison, starving him, exposing him to severe cold, winds, fire and water, or throwing heavy stones to crush him. When Hiraṇyakaśipu found that he could not in any way harm Prahlāda, who was completely sinless, he was in great anxiety about what to do next.    , SB 7.8.51plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.51

    The inhabitants of the Cāraṇa planet said: O Lord, because You have destroyed the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was always a stake in the hearts of all honest men, we are now relieved, and we eternally take shelter of Your lotus feet, which award the conditioned soul liberation from materialistic contamination.
  • the demon — SB 3.19.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.19.15

    The demon was enraged when his trident was cut to pieces by the discus of the Personality of Godhead. He therefore advanced toward the Lord and, roaring aloud, struck his hard fist against the Lord's broad chest, which bore the mark of Śrīvatsa. Then he went out of sight.
  • the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu — SB 7.5.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.20

    When Hiraṇyakaśipu saw that his child had fallen at his feet and was offering obeisances, as an affectionate father he immediately began showering blessings upon the child and embraced him with both arms. A father naturally feels happy to embrace his son, and Hiraṇyakaśipu became very happy in this way.    , SB 7.10.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.26

    Lord Brahmā said: O Supreme Lord of all lords, proprietor of the entire universe, O benedictor of all living entities, O original person [Cc. Ādi-puruṣa], because of our good fortune You have now killed this sinful demon, who was giving trouble to the entire universe.
  • the demons — SB 7.10.64plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.64

    Maya Dānava said: What has been destined by the Supreme Lord for oneself, for others, or for both oneself and others cannot be undone anywhere or by anyone, whether one be a demigod, a demon, a human being or anyone else.    , SB 8.10.5plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.10.5

    O King, a fierce battle on the beach of the ocean of milk ensued between the demigods and the demons. The fighting was so terrible that simply hearing about it would make the hair on one's body stand on end.
  • the great demon, Hiraṇyakaśipu — SB 7.5.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.29

    Śrī Nārada Muni continued: When Hiraṇyakaśipu received this reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son Prahlāda. Hiraṇyakaśipu said: You rascal, most fallen of our family, if you have not received this education from your teachers, where have you gotten it?
  • the King of the asuras — SB 8.22.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.22.1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, although the Supreme Personality of Godhead was superficially seen to have acted mischievously toward Bali Mahārāja, Bali Mahārāja was fixed in his determination. Considering himself not to have fulfilled his promise, he spoke as follows.
  • the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu — SB 7.8.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.26

    O Yudhiṣṭhira, O great son of Bhārata, when Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva gave Hiraṇyakaśipu a chance to slip from His hand, just as Garuḍa sometimes plays with a snake and lets it slip from his mouth, the demigods, who had lost their abodes and who were hiding behind the clouds for fear of the demon, did not consider that incident very good. Indeed, they were perturbed.
  • Vṛtrāsura — SB 6.12.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.12.26

    Vṛtrāsura, bleeding profusely, his two arms cut off at their roots, looked very beautiful, like a flying mountain whose wings have been cut to pieces by Indra.

asurāḥ

  • all the demons — SB 6.10.17-18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.10.17-18

    O King, when all the asuras came onto the battlefield, headed by Vṛtrāsura, they saw King Indra carrying the thunderbolt and surrounded by the Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, Aśvinī-kumāras, Pitās, Vahnis, Maruts, Ṛbhus, Sādhyas and Viśvadevas. Surrounded by his company, Indra shone so brightly that his effulgence was intolerable to the demons.    , SB 7.10.53plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.53

    Nārada Muni said: When the demigods, who are always powerful by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, fought with the asuras, the asuras were defeated, and therefore they took shelter of Maya Dānava, the greatest of the demons.    , SB 8.9.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.9.11

    Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After the demons heard the words of Mohinī-mūrti, who had spoken as if jokingly, they were all very confident. They laughed with gravity, and ultimately they delivered the container of nectar into Her hands.    , SB 8.11.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.11.24

    Other demons covered Indra, along with his chariot and chariot driver, with incessant showers of arrows, just as clouds cover the sun in the rainy season.    , SB 8.21.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.21.13

    "Therefore it is our duty to kill this Vāmanadeva, Lord Viṣṇu. It is our religious principle and the way to serve our master." After making this decision, the demoniac followers of Mahārāja Bali took up their various weapons with a view to killing Vāmanadeva.
  • and the demons — SB 6.12.5plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.12.5

    The denizens of various planets, like the demigods, demons, Cāraṇas and Siddhas, praised Vṛtrāsura's deed, but when they observed that Indra was in great danger, they lamented, "Alas! Alas!"
  • demons — SB 7.10.63plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.63

    The demons could see the calf and cow, but because of the illusion created by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the demons could not forbid them. The great mystic Maya Dānava became aware that the calf and cow were drinking the nectar, and he could understand this to be the unseen power of providence. Thus he spoke to the demons, who were grievously lamenting.    , SB 8.10.19-24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.10.19-24

    Surrounding Mahārāja Bali on all sides were the commanders and captains of the demons, sitting on their respective chariots. Among them were the following demons: Namuci, Śambara, Bāṇa, Vipracitti, Ayomukha, Dvimūrdhā, Kālanābha, Praheti, Heti, Ilvala, Śakuni, Bhūtasantāpa, Vajradaṁṣṭra, Virocana, Hayagrīva, Śaṅkuśirā, Kapila, Meghadundubhi, Tāraka, Cakradṛk, Śumbha, Niśumbha, Jambha, Utkala, Ariṣṭa, Ariṣṭanemi, Tripurādhipa, Maya, the sons of Puloma, the Kāleyas and Nivātakavaca. All of these demons had been deprived of their share of the nectar and had shared merely in the labor of churning the ocean. Now, they fought against the demigods, and to encourage their armies, they made a tumultuous sound like the roaring of lions and blew loudly on conchshells. Balabhit, Lord Indra, upon seeing this situation of his ferocious rivals, became extremely angry.
  • O sons of demons — SB 7.7.46plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.7.46

    My dear friends, O sons of the asuras, the living entity receives different types of bodies according to his previous fruitive activities. Thus he is seen to suffer with reference to his particular body in all conditions of life, beginning with his infusion into the womb. Please tell me, therefore, after full consideration, what is the living entity's actual interest in fruitive activities, which result in hardship and misery?
  • the demons — SB 3.10.28-29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.10.28-29

    The creation of the demigods is of eight varieties: (1) the demigods, (2) the forefathers, (3) the asuras, or demons, (4) the Gandharvas and Apsarās, or angels, (5) the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, (6) the Siddhas, Cāraṇas and Vidyādharas, (7) the Bhūtas, Pretas and Piśācas, and (8) the superhuman beings, celestial singers, etc. All are created by Brahmā, the creator of the universe.    , SB 3.20.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.31

    Adorned with dark tresses, she hid herself, as it were, out of shyness. Upon seeing that girl, the asuras were all infatuated with an appetite for sex.    , SB 3.20.37plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.37

    The asuras, clouded in their understanding, took the evening twilight to be a beautiful woman showing herself in her alluring form, and they seized her.    , SB 4.3.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.3.21

    One who is conducted by false ego and thus always distressed, both mentally and sensually, cannot tolerate the opulence of self-realized persons. Being unable to rise to the standard of self-realization, he envies such persons as much as demons envy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.    , SB 4.10.28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.10.28

    The demon Yakṣas are by nature very heinous, and by their demoniac power of illusion they can create many strange phenomena to frighten one who is less intelligent.    , SB 6.3.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.3.19

    Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although fully situated in the mode of goodness, even the great ṛṣis who occupy the topmost planets cannot ascertain the real religious principles, nor can the demigods or the leaders of Siddhaloka, to say nothing of the asuras, ordinary human beings, Vidyādharas and Cāraṇas.    , SB 6.7.18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.7.18

    Hearing of the pitiable condition of King Indra, the demons, following the instructions of their guru, Śukrācārya, equipped themselves with weapons and declared war against the demigods.    , SB 8.1.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.1.17

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Svāyambhuva Manu was thus in a trance, chanting the mantras of Vedic instruction known as the Upaniṣads. Upon seeing him, the Rākṣasas and asuras, being very hungry, wanted to devour him. Therefore they ran after him with great speed.    , SB 8.6.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.6.24

    My dear demigods, with patience and peace everything can be done, but if one is agitated by anger, the goal is not achieved. Therefore, whatever the demons ask, agree to their proposal.    , SB 8.7.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.7.14

    Vāsuki had thousands of eyes and mouths. From his mouths he breathed smoke and blazing fire, which affected the demons, headed by Pauloma, Kāleya, Bali and Ilvala. Thus the demons, who appeared like sarala trees burned by a forest fire, gradually became powerless.    , SB 8.8.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.8.30

    Next appeared Vāruṇī, the lotus-eyed goddess who controls drunkards. With the permission of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the demons, headed by Bali Mahārāja, took possession of this young girl.    , SB 8.8.35plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.8.35

    Upon seeing Dhanvantari carrying the jug of nectar, the demons, desiring the jug and its contents, immediately snatched it away by force.    , SB 8.9.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.9.1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thereafter, the demons became inimical toward one another. Throwing and snatching the container of nectar, they gave up their friendly relationship. Meanwhile, they saw a very beautiful young woman coming forward toward them.    , SB 8.9.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.9.22

    O King, since the demons had promised to accept whatever the woman did, whether just or unjust, now, to keep this promise, to show their equilibrium and to save themselves from fighting with a woman, they remained silent.    , SB 8.10.35plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.10.35

    All of these demigods and demons assembled on the battlefield with a fighting spirit and attacked one another with great strength. All of them desiring victory, they fought in pairs, hitting one another severely with sharpened arrows, swords and lances.    , SB 8.21.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.21.9

    When the demoniac followers of Mahārāja Bali saw that their master, who had been determined in performing sacrifice, had lost all his possessions to Vāmanadeva, who had taken them away on the plea of begging three paces of land, they were very angry and spoke as follows.    , SB 9.20.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.20.31

    Formerly, after conquering the demigods, all the demons had taken shelter in the lower planetary system known as Rasātala and had brought all the wives and daughters of the demigods there also. Mahārāja Bharata, however, rescued all those women, along with their associates, from the clutches of the demons, and he returned them to the demigods.    , SB 10.8.18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.8.18

    Demons [asuras] cannot harm the demigods, who always have Lord Viṣṇu on their side. Similarly, any person or group attached to Kṛṣṇa is extremely fortunate. Because such persons are very much affectionate toward Kṛṣṇa, they cannot be defeated by demons like the associates of Kaṁsa [or by the internal enemies, the senses].
  • the demons, the associates of Bali Mahārāja — SB 8.20.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.20.30

    O King, when all the demons, the followers of Mahārāja Bali, saw the universal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who held everything within His body, when they saw in the Lord's hand His disc, known as the Sudarśana cakra, which generates intolerable heat, and when they heard the tumultuous sound of His bow, all of these caused lamentation within their hearts.

āsuraḥ

  • demoniac — Bg. 16.6plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 16.6

    O son of Pṛthā, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and the other demonic. I have already explained to you at length the divine qualities. Now hear from Me of the demoniac.    , SB 8.22.36plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.22.36

    Because there you will see My supreme prowess, your materialistic ideas and anxieties that have arisen from your association with the demons and Dānavas will immediately be vanquished.    , Ādi 3.91plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 3.91

    "There are two classes of men in the created world. One consists of the demoniac and the other of the godly. The devotees of Lord Viṣṇu are the godly, whereas those who are just the opposite are called demons."

āsurāḥ

  • in demoniac quality — Bg. 16.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 16.7

    Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them.

deva-asurāḥ

  • all the demigods and demons — SB 8.9.18plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.9.18

    Her attractive nose and cheeks and Her ears, adorned with golden earrings, made Her face very beautiful. As She moved, Her sari's border on Her breasts moved slightly aside. When the demigods and demons saw these beautiful features of Mohinī-mūrti, who was glancing at them and slightly smiling, they were all completely enchanted.
  • both the demons and the demigods — SB 8.6.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.6.32

    O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, chastiser of enemies, the demigods and the demons thereafter made an armistice between them. Then, with great enterprise, they arranged to produce nectar, as proposed by Lord Indra.

mahā-asuraḥ

  • a great, extremely powerful demon — SB 10.12.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.13

    My dear King Parīkṣit, thereafter there appeared a great demon named Aghāsura, whose death was being awaited even by the demigods. The demigods drank nectar every day, but still they feared this great demon and awaited his death. This demon could not tolerate the transcendental pleasure being enjoyed in the forest by the cowherd boys.
  • Hiraṇyakaśipu, the great demon — SB 7.8.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.14

    Being obsessed with anger, Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was very great in bodily strength, thus chastised his exalted devotee-son Prahlāda with harsh words. Cursing him again and again, Hiraṇyakaśipu took up his sword, got up from his royal throne, and with great anger struck his fist against the column.
  • the great demon (Hiraṇyakaśipu) — SB 7.8.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.25

    Thereafter, the great demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was extremely angry, swiftly attacked Nṛsiṁhadeva with his club and began to beat Him. Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, however, captured the great demon, along with his club, just as Garuḍa might capture a great snake.
  • the great demon — SB 3.19.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.19.12

    His valor thus frustrated, the great demon felt humiliated and was put out of countenance. He was reluctant to take back the mace when it was offered by the Personality of Godhead.    , SB 7.4.5-7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.4.5-7

    Hiraṇyakaśipu became the conqueror of the entire universe. Indeed, that great demon conquered all the planets in the three worlds-upper, middle and lower-including the planets of the human beings, the Gandharvas, the Garuḍas, the great serpents, the Siddhas, Cāraṇas and Vidyādharas, the great saints, Yamarāja, the Manus, the Yakṣas, the Rākṣasas, the Piśācas and their masters, and the masters of the ghosts and Bhūtas. He defeated the rulers of all the other planets where there are living entities and brought them under his control. Conquering the abodes of all, he seized their power and influence.    , SB 7.8.27plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.27

    When Hiraṇyakaśipu was freed from the hands of Nṛsiṁhadeva, he falsely thought that the Lord was afraid of his prowess. Therefore, after taking a little rest from the fight, he took up his sword and shield and again attacked the Lord with great force.

mahān asuraḥ

  • a great, gigantic demon — SB 10.11.48plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.11.48

    That great-bodied demon was named Bakāsura. He had assumed the body of a duck with a very sharp beak. Having come there, he immediately swallowed Kṛṣṇa.

maya-putraḥ asuraḥ

  • the demon son of Maya — SB 5.24.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.24.16

    My dear King, now I shall describe to you the lower planetary systems, one by one, beginning from Atala. In Atala there is a demon, the son of Maya Dānava named Bala, who created ninety-six kinds of mystic power. Some so-called yogīs and svāmīs take advantage of this mystic power to cheat people even today. Simply by yawning, the demon Bala created three kinds of women, known as svairiṇī, kāmiṇī and puṁścalī. The svairiṇīs like to marry men from their own group, the kāmiṇīs marry men from any group, and the puṁścalīs change husbands one after another. If a man enters the planet of Atala, these women immediately capture him and induce him to drink an intoxicating beverage made with a drug known as hāṭaka [cannabis indica]. This intoxicant endows the man with great sexual prowess, of which the women take advantage for enjoyment. A woman will enchant him with attractive glances, intimate words, smiles of love and then embraces. In this way she induces him to enjoy sex with her to her full satisfaction. Because of his increased sexual power, the man thinks himself stronger than ten thousand elephants and considers himself most perfect. Indeed, illusioned and intoxicated by false pride, he thinks himself God, ignoring impending death.

sura-asurāḥ

  • the demigods and the demons — SB 8.7.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.7.9

    When the demigods and demons saw that Mandara Mountain had been lifted, they were enlivened and encouraged to begin churning again. The mountain rested on the back of the great tortoise, which extended for eight hundred thousand miles like a large island.