देवा वैधृतयो नाम विधृतेस्तनया नृप । नष्टा: कालेन यैर्वेदा विधृता: स्वेन तेजसा ॥ २९ ॥
deva vaidhrtayo nama vidhrtes tanaya nrpa nastah kalena yair veda vidhrtah svena tejasa
- devah
- the demigods
- vaidhrtayah
- the Vaidhrtis
- nama
- by the name
- vidhrteh
- of Vidhrti
- tanayah
- who were the sons
- nrpa
- O King
- nastah
- were lost
- kalena
- by the influence of time
- yaih
- by whom
- vedah
- the Vedas
- vidhrtah
- were protected
- svena
- by their own
- tejasa
- power.
O King, in the Tamasa manvantara the sons of Vidhrti, who were known as the Vaidhrtis, also became demigods. Since in course of time the Vedic authority was lost, these demigods, by their own powers, protected the Vedic authority.