Of heretics, or those who rejects the authority of the Vedas; their origin, as described by the Vasistha to Bhishma; the gods, defeated by the Daityas, praise Vishnu; an illusory being or Buddha, produced from his body - Verse 1
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 17.1
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Sanskrit Original
इत्य आह भगवान और्वः सगराय महात्मने सदाचारान पुरा सम्यङ मैत्रेय परिपृच्छते ।।
ity āha bhagavān aurvaḥ sagarāya mahātmane sadācārān purā samyaṅ maitreya paripṛcchate ||
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Thus spoke the Lord Aurva to the great sage Sagara, as Maitreya inquired about the proper conduct of the past.