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The Hainsa-guhya Prayers
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Hiraṇyakaśipu and Rāvaṇa also performed great austerities, but they did so to demonstrate their demoniac tendencies. Vaiṣṇavas must meet many opponents while preaching the glories of the Lord, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommends that they not become angry while preaching. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given this formula:  tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā/ amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ.  “One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.” Those engaged in preaching the glories of the Lord should be humbler than grass and more tolerant than a tree; then they can preach the glories of the Lord without difficulty.
TEXT 6
ताभ्यां निर्दधमानांस्तानुपत्तम्य कुरुद्वह । राजोवाच महान् सोमो मन्युं प्रशमयन्निव ॥ ६ ॥
tābhyām nirdahyamānāms tān upalabhya kurūdvaha rājovāca mahān somo manyum praśamayann iva
tābhyām —by the wind and fire;  nirdahyamānān —being burned;  tān —them (the trees);  upalabhya —seeing;  kurūdvaha —O Mahārāja Parikṣit;  rājā —the king of the forest;  uvāca —said;  mahān —the great;  somaḥ —predominating deity of the moon, Somadeva;  manyum —the anger;  praśamayan —pacifying;  iva —like.
TRANSLATION
My dear King Parikṣit, when Soma, the king of the trees and predominating deity of the moon, saw the fire and wind burning all the trees to ashes, he felt great sympathy because he is the