O you cognisant of righteousness, formerly this earth, O hero, having the ocean for her garment, and furnished with mountains, belonged to the Daityas; and (gradually) they grew very powerful. And then this undeteriorating triune world was brought under the dominion of the celestials.
दैत्यानां किल धर्मज्ञ पुरेयं वसनार्णवा॥ सपर्वता मही वीर तेऽभवन्प्रभविष्णवः। निहत्य तांस्तु समरे विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना ॥ देवानां वशमानीतं त्रैलोक्यमिदमव्ययम्।