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Tales of the Gods
He was made to conquer the gods, and he did it, and then he let them go and went into a forest to meditate instead.
Diti had lost two sons to Vishnu and wanted a third who could settle it.
Hiranyaksha had been killed at the bottom of the ocean by a boar. Hiranyakashipu had been torn open on a doorstep at dusk, by something that was neither man nor beast. Their mother went to her husband and asked for another son.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.