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 45
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 17.45
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Sanskrit Original
इत्य उक्ताः प्रणिपत्यैनं ययुर देवा यथागतम मायामोहो ऽपि तैः सार्धं ययौ यत्र महासुराः ।।
ity uktāḥ praṇipatyainaṃ yayur devā yathāgatam māyāmoho 'pi taiḥ sārdhaṃ yayau yatra mahāsurāḥ ||
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Thus instructed, the gods, bowing down, went as they were directed; even the illusion accompanied them to where the great demon went.