Text 10] The Battle Between Lord Boar and Hiraṇyākṣa
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always present to protect them. The demon's derision of the Lord was just like the barking of dogs; the Lord did not care about it, since He was doing His own work in delivering the earth from the midst of the water. Materialistic demons always possess large amounts of gold in various shapes, and they think that a large amount of gold, physical strength and popularity can save them from the wrath of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 10
श्रीभगवानुवाच
सत्यं वयं भो वनगोचरा मृगा
युष्मद्विघान्मृगये ग्रामसिंहान् ।
न मृत्युपाशैः प्रतिमुक्तस्य वीरा
विकत्थनं तव गृहन्त्यभद्र ॥१०॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca
satyam vayam bho vana-gocarā mṛgā
yuṣmad-vidhān mṛgaye grāma-siṁhān
na mṛtyu-pāśaiḥ pratimuktasya vīrā
vikatthanam tava gṛhṇanti abhadra
śrī bhagavān uvāca —the Supreme Personality of Godhead said;  satyam —indeed;  vayam —We;  bhoḥ —O;  vana-gocarāḥ —dwelling in the forest;  mṛgāḥ —creatures;  yuṣmat-vidhān —like you;  mṛgaye —I am searching to kill;  grāma-siṁhān —dogs;  na —not;  mṛtyu-pāśaiḥ —by the bonds of death;  pratimuktasya —of he who is bound;  vīrāḥ —the heroes;  vikatthanam —loose talk;  tava —your;  gṛhṇanti —take notice of;  abhadra —O mischievous one.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead said: Indeed We are creatures of the jungle, and We are searching after hunting dogs like you. One who is freed from the entanglement of death has no fear from the loose talk in which you are indulging, for you are bound up by the laws of death.
PURPORT
Demons and atheistic persons can go on insulting the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but they forget that they are subjected to the laws of birth and death. They think that simply by decrying the existence of the Supreme Lord or defying His stringent laws of nature, one can be freed