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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 1]
down to the most abominable type of existence.” One who blasphemes the Lord is put into a family of  asuras , in which there is every chance of forgetting the service of the Lord. Lord Kṛṣṇa further states in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.11–12):
avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram
Mūḍhas , rascals, blaspheme the Supreme Lord because He appears exactly like a human being. They do not know the unlimited opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vicetasaḥ rākṣasīṁ āsurīṁ caiva prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ
Anything done by those who have taken the attitude of enemies will be baffled ( moghāśāḥ ). If these enemies try to be liberated or to merge into the existence of Brahman, if they desire to be elevated to the higher planetary systems as  karmīs , or even if they desire to return home, back to Godhead, they will certainly be baffled.
As for Hiraṇyakaśipu, although he was extremely inimical toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he always thought of his son, who was a great devotee. Therefore by the grace of his son, Prahlāda Mahārāja, Hiraṇyakaśipu was also delivered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
hiraṇyakaśipuś cāpi bhagavan-nindayā tamaḥ vivakṣur atyagāt sūnoḥ prahlādasyānubhāvataḥ
The conclusion is that one should not give up pure devotional service. For one’s own benefit, one should not imitate Hiraṇyakaśipu or Śiśupāla. This is not the way to achieve success.