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 39
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 17.39
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स्ववर्णधर्माभिरता वेदमार्गानुसारिणः न शक्यास ते ऽरयो हन्तुम अस्माभिस तपसान्विताः ।।
svavarṇadharmābhiratā vedamārgānusāriṇaḥ na śakyās te 'rayo hantum asmābhis tapasānvitāḥ ||
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Those who are devoted to their own duties according to the Vedic path cannot be harmed by you, O enemies, as we are endowed with austerity.