जज्ञाते तौ दितेः पुत्रौ दैत्यदानववन्दितौ ।
हिरण्यकशिपुर्ज्येष्ठो हिरण्याक्षोऽनुजस्ततः ॥४०॥

jajñÄte tau diteḥ putrau
daitya-dÄnava-vanditau
hiraṇyakaśipur jyeṣṭho
hiraṇyÄká¹£o 'nujas tataḥ

 jajñÄte - were born; tau - the two; diteḥ - of Diti; putrau - the sons; daitya-dÄnava - by all the demons; vanditau - being worshiped; hiraṇyakaÅ›ipuḥ - HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu; jyeṣṭhaḥ - the elder; hiraṇyÄká¹£aḥ - HiraṇyÄká¹£a; anujaḥ - the younger; tataḥ - thereafter.


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These two associates of the Lord — Jaya and Vijaya — later descended to the material world, taking birth as the two sons of Diti, HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu being the elder and HiraṇyÄká¹£a the younger. They were very much respected by the Daityas and DÄnavas [demoniac species].

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