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madhu aur kaitabh namak do asuroan ki utpatti vishnu ke kanoan ki mail se huee thian. brahma ne pahale mitti se un donoan ke akar-prakar ka nirman kiya tha, phir brahma ki prerana se vayu ne unaki akriti mean pravesh kiya. brahma ne un par hath phera to ek komal tha, usaka nam madhu rakha tatha doosara kathor tha, at: usaka nam kaitabh rakha. ve donoan jal-pralay ke samay pani mean vicharate rahate the. unhean yuddh karane ki akaanksha rahati thi. ek bar ve dyulok mean pahuanche. vishnu tatha unaki nabhi se nikale kamal mean brahma so rahe the. un donoan asuroan ne apane bal se unmatt ho vahaan vicharana praanrabh kiya. vishnu ne un donoan ke balishth roop ko dekhakar unhean var dene ki ichchha ki par abhimani madhu-kaitabh svayan vishnu ko var dena chahate the. vishnu ne unase var maanga ki ve donoan vishnu ke hathoan mare jayean, taduparaant unhoanne vishnu se var maanga ki un donoan ka vadh khule akash mean ho tatha ve donoan vishnu ke putr hoan. vishnu ne var de diya taduparaant padmanabh se un donoan ka yuddh hua. unhoanne narayan ne un donoan ko apani jangha par masalakar man dala. donoan lashean jal mean milakar ek ho gayian. un donoan daityoan ke med se achchhadit hokar vahaan ka jal adrishy ho gaya, jisase nana prakar ke jivoan ka janm hua. vasudha un donoan ke med se apoorit hone ke karan 'medini' kahalayi.

• markandey puran ki katha mean aantar matr itana hai ki vishnu ne apani jangha par madhu-kaitabh ke sir rakhakar unhean chakr se mar dala. un donoan ko brahma ki prerana se yog nidraroopi mahamaya ne mohit kar liya tha. mahamaya ne hi vishnu ko jagaya tatha unhean itani shakti pradan ki ki ve un donoan ko mar pae.

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