Text 37]
The Killing of the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa
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offered to them by the Supreme Lord, and they cannot render Him devotional service. Ungrateful persons are those who do not understand how much benefit they are deriving by the arrangement of the Lord. They enjoy the sunshine and moonshine, and they get water free of charge, yet they do not feel grateful, but simply go on enjoying these gifts of the Lord. Therefore, they must be called thieves and rogues.
TEXT 37
यो वै हिरण्याक्षवधं महाद्भुतं विक्रीडितं कारणसूकरात्मनः । भृणोति गायत्यनुमोदतेऽञ्जसा विमुच्यते ब्रह्मवधादपि द्विजाः ॥३७॥
yo vai hiraṇyākṣa-vadham mahādbhutam vikrīḍitam kāraṇa-sūkarātmanaḥ śṛṇoti gāyaty anumodate 'ñjasā vimucyate brahma-vadhād api dvijāḥ
yaḥ—he who; vai—indeed; hiraṇyākṣa-vadham—of the killing of Hiraṇyākṣa; mahā-adbhutam—most wonderful; vikrīḍitam—pastime; kāraṇa—for reasons like raising the earth from the ocean; sūkara—appearing in the form of a boar; ātmanaḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śṛṇoti—hears; gāyati—chants; anumodate—takes pleasure; añjasā—at once; vimucyate—becomes freed; brahma-vadhāt—from the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa; api—even; dvijāḥ—O brāhmaṇas.
TRANSLATION
O brāhmaṇas, anyone who hears, chants, or takes pleasure in the wonderful narration of the killing of the Hiraṇyākṣa demon by the Lord, who appeared as the first boar in order to deliver the world, is at once relieved of the results of sinful activities, even the killing of a brāhmaṇa.
PURPORT
Since the Personality of Godhead is in the absolute position, there is no difference between His pastimes and His personality. Anyone who hears about the pastimes of the Lord associates with the Lord directly, and one who associates directly with the Lord is certainly freed from all sinful activities, even to the extent of the killing of a brāhmaṇa, which is con-