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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 19]
of Brahmā and other demigods are not to be compared to the prayers of the demons. Their purpose is to please the Supreme Lord; therefore the Lord smiled and accepted the prayer to kill the demon. Demons, who are never interested in praising the Supreme Personality of Godhead because they have no information of Him, go to the demigods, and in  Bhagavad-gītā  this is condemned. Persons who go to the demigods and pray for advancement in sinful activities are considered to be bereft of all intelligence. Demons have lost all intelligence because they do not know what is actually their self-interest. Even if they have information of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they decline to approach Him; it is not possible for them to get their desired boons from the Supreme Lord because their purposes are always sinful. It is said that the dacoits in Bengal used to worship the goddess Kālī for fulfillment of their sinful desires to plunder others' property, but they never went to a Viṣṇu temple because they might have been unsuccessful in praying to Viṣṇu. Therefore the prayers of the demigods or the devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are always untinged by sinful purposes.
TEXT 2
ततः सपत्तं मुखतश्चरन्तमकुतोमयम् । जघानोत्पत्य गदया हनावसुरमक्षजः ॥ २ ॥
tataḥ sapatnam mukhataś carantam akuto-bhayam jaghānotpatya gadayā hanāv asuram akṣajaḥ
tataḥ—then; sapatnam—enemy; mukhataḥ—in front of Him; carantam—stalking; akutaḥ-bhayam—fearlessly; jaghāna—struck; utpatya—after springing up; gadayā—with His mace; hanau—at the chin; asuram—the demon; akṣa-jaḥ—The Lord who was born from the nostril of Brahmā.
TRANSLATION
The Lord, who had appeared from the nostril of Brahmā, sprang and aimed His mace at the chin of His enemy, the Hiraṇyākṣa demon, who was stalking fearlessly before Him.
TEXT 3
सा हता तेन गदया विहता भगवत्करात् । विघूर्णितापतद्रेजे तदद्भुतमिवामवत् ॥ ३ ॥