CHAPTER NINETEEN
The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
TEXT 1
मैत्रेय उवाच
अवधार्य विरिञ्चस्य निर्व्यलीकामृतं वचः ।
प्रहस्य प्रेमगर्भेण तदपाङ्गेन सोऽग्रहीत् ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca avadhārya viriñcasya nirvyalikāmṛtam vacaḥ prahasya prema-garbheṇa tad apāṅgena so 'grahīt
maitreyaḥ uvāca —Maitreya said;  avadhārya —after hearing;  viriñcasya —of Lord Brahmā;  nirvyalika —free from all sinful purposes;  amṛtam —nectarean;  vacaḥ —words;  prahasya —heartily laughing;  prema-garbheṇa —laden with love;  tat —those words;  apāṅgena —with a glance;  saḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  agrahīt —accepted.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Maitreya said:  Hearing the words of Brahmā, the creator, which were free from all sinful purposes and as sweet as nectar, the Lord heartily laughed and accepted his prayer with a glance laden with love.
PURPORT
The word  nirvyalika  is very significant. The prayers of the demigods or devotees of the Lord are free from all sinful purposes, but the prayers of demons are always filled with sinful purposes. The demon Hiraṇyākṣa became powerful by deriving a boon from Brahmā, and after attaining that boon he created a disturbance because of his sinful intentions. The prayers
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