The demon Maya Dānava was an inhabitant of the forest Khāṇḍava, and when the Khāṇḍava Forest was set on fire, he asked protection from Arjuna. Arjuna saved his life, and as a result of this the demon felt obliged. He reciprocated by building a wonderful assembly house for the Pāṇḍavas, which attracted the extraordinary attention of all state princes. They felt the supernatural power of the Pāṇḍavas, and thus without grudge all of them submitted and paid tributes to the Emperor. The demons possess wonderful and supernatural powers to create material wonders. But they are always disturbing elements of the society. The modern demons are the harmful material scientists who create some material wonders for disturbance in the society. For example, the creation of nuclear weapons has caused some panic in human society.
Maya was also a materialist like that, and he knew the art of creating such wonderful things. And yet Lord Kṛṣṇa wanted to kill him. When he was chased both by the fire and by the wheel of Lord Kṛṣṇa, he took shelter of such a devotee as Arjuna, who saved him from the wrath of the fire of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Devotees are therefore more merciful than the Lord, and in devotional service the mercy of a devotee is more valuable than the mercy of the Lord. Both the fire and the Lord ceased from chasing the demon as soon as both of them saw that the demon was given shelter by such a devotee as Arjuna. This demon, feeling obliged to Arjuna, wanted to do him some service to show his gratefulness, but Arjuna declined to accept anything from him in exchange. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, however, being pleased with Maya for his taking shelter of a devotee, asked him to render service unto King Yudhiṣṭhira by building a wonderful assembly house. The process is that by the grace of the devotee the mercy of the Lord is obtained, and by the mercy of the Lord a chance to serve the Lord’s devotee is obtained. The club of Bhīmasena was also a gift of MayaDānava. (S.B.1.15.8)
Pamho agtacbsp, demons also got a heart and feel the sentiment because is a spiritual soul then there are good demons born in the danava dynasty and evil demons but originally both of them are spiritual part and parcel of the BODY OF KRSNA therefore the discrimination come first and everything reside in ASAMAURDHAM including the demons the good and bad etc..the guna sangasya association with the guna can transform any person from demon to good from good to bad , the main point is to keep krsna always as the centre point of everything because HE IS THE ORIGIN OF EVERYTHING INCLUDING DEMONS AND DEVA therefore the most dangerous moment is when one forget KRSNA the knower of everything and nobody knows us better then krsna in few words if one get attachments for SRI KRSNA become free from the demoniac nature by fully understand that HE IS THE CAUSE OF ALL CAUSES and people suffer a lot especially the demons because they forgot the eternal service to SRI ADOKSAJE lokasya ajananto the whole material world forgot that service to SRI KRSNA is the remedy to any calamity , suffering etc… of course the demon maya danava is been very lucky to take shelter in ARJUNA by doing service for the pandava he got saved from krsna who want to kill him and this is the perfect example for everyone who wish to be saved by taking shelter in a pure devotee.agtacbsp ys haribol