Text 66] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
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tried to kill his five-year-old boy due to the boy's unflinching faith in God. However, in due course of time the Lord appeared as Nṛsiṁhadeva and killed Hiraṇyakaśipu in the presence of his son. As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, this killing process is natural.  īvo jīvasya jīvanam : "One animal is food for another animal." (Bhāg. 1.13.47) A frog is eaten by a snake, a snake is eaten by a mongoose, and the mongoose is eaten by another animal. In this way the process of destruction goes on by the supreme will of the Lord. Although we do not see the hand of the Supreme Lord directly, we can feel the presence of that hand through the Lord's process of destruction. We can see the clouds scattered by the wind, although we cannot see how this is being done because it is not possible to see the wind. Similarly, although we do not directly see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can see that He controls the process of destruction. The destructive process is going on fiercely under the control of the Lord, but the atheists cannot see it.
TEXT 66
प्रमत्तमुच्चैरितिकृत्यचिन्तया 
    प्रद्धलोभं विषयेषु लालसम् । 
    त्वमप्रमत्तः सहसाभिपद्यसे 
    श्रुल्लेलिहानोऽहिरिवाखुमन्तकः ॥६६॥
pramattam uccair iti kṛtya-cintayā 
    pravṛddha-lobham viṣayeṣu lālasam 
    tvam apramattaḥ sahasābhipadyase 
    kṣul-lelihāno 'hir ivākhum antakaḥ
pramattam —persons who are mad;  uccaiḥ —loudly;  iti —thus;  kṛtya —to be done;  cintayā —by such desire;  pravṛddha —very much advanced;  lobham —greediness;  viṣayeṣu —in the matter of material enjoyment;  lālasam —so desiring;  tvam —Your Lordship;  apramattaḥ —completely in transcendence;  sahasā —all of a sudden;  abhipadyase —seizes them;  kṣut —hungry;  lelihānaḥ —by the greedy tongue;  ahiḥ —snake;  iva —like;  ākhum —mouse;  antakaḥ —destroyer.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, all living entities within this material world are mad after planning for things, and they are always busy with a desire to do this or that. This is due to uncontrollable greed. The greed for material enjoyment