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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.3.6
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 6
- sutaṁ mṛdhe khaṁ vapuṣā grasantaṁ
- dṛṣṭvā sunābhonmathitaṁ dharitryā
- āmantritas tat-tanayāya śeṣaṁ
- dattvā tad-antaḥ-puram āviveśa
sutamson — son; mṛdhein the fight — in the fight; khamthe sky — the sky; vapuṣāby his body — by his body; grasantamwhile devouring — while devouring; dṛṣṭvāseeing — seeing; sunābhaby the Sudarśana wheel — by the Sudarśana wheel; unmathitamkilled — killed; dharitryāby the earth — by the earth; āmantritaḥbeing prayed for — being prayed for; tatto the son of Narakāsura-tanayāyato the son of Narakāsura — to the son of Narakāsura; śeṣamthat which was taken from — that which was taken from; dattvāreturning it — returning it; tathis — his; antaḥinside the house-puraminside the house — inside the house; āviveśaentered — entered.
Narakāsura, the son of Dharitrī, the earth, tried to grasp the whole sky, and for this he was killed by the Lord in a fight. His mother then prayed to the Lord. This led to the return of the kingdom to the son of Narakāsura, and thus the Lord entered the house of the demon.
It is said in other purāṇas that Narakāsura was the son of Dharitrī, the earth, by the Lord Himself. But he became a demon due to the bad association of Bāṇa, another demon. An atheist is called a demon, and it is a fact that even a person born of good parents can turn into a demon by bad association. Birth is not always the criterion of goodness; unless and until one is trained in the culture of good association, one cannot become good.