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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 18]
personification of material desire.  Hiraṇya  means “gold,” and  kaśipu  means “a soft cushion or bed.” Materialistic persons always desire to make the body comfortable, and for this they require huge amounts of gold. Thus  Hiraṇyakaśipu  was the perfect representative of materialistic life. He was therefore the cause of great disturbance to the topmost devotee, Prahlāda Mahārāja, until Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva killed him. Any devotee aspiring to be free of material desires should offer his respectful prayers to Nṛsiṁhadeva as Prahlāda Mahārāja did in this verse.
TEXT 9
स्वस्त्यस्तु विश्वस्य खलः प्रसीदतां
ध्यायन्तु भूतानि शिवं मिथो धिया।
मनश्च भद्रं भजतादधोक्षजे
अवेश्यतां नो मतिरप्यहैतुकी ॥ ९ ॥
svasty astu viśvasya khalaḥ prasīdatām dhyāyantu bhūtāni śivam mitho dhiyā manaś ca bhadram bhajatād adhokṣaje āveśyatām no matir apy ahaitukī
svasti —auspiciousness;  astu —let there be;  viśvasya —of the entire universe;  khalaḥ —the envious (almost everyone);  prasīdatām —let them be pacified;  dhyāyantu —let them consider;  bhūtāni —all the living entities;  śivam —auspiciousness;  mithaḥ —mutual;  dhiyā —by their intelligence;  manaḥ —the mind;  ca —and;  bhadram —calmness;  bhajatāt —let it experience;  adhokṣaje —in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond the perception of mind, intelligence and senses;  āveśyatām —let it be absorbed;  naḥ —our;  matiḥ —intelligence;  api —indeed;  ahaitukī —without any motive.
TRANSLATION
May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will think of each other’s welfare. Therefore let us all engage in