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Hiraṇyakaśipu, King of the Demons
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everyone);  ghṛṇeḥ —most abominable;  māyā —under the influence of the illusory energy;  vana-okasaḥ —behaving exactly like an animal in the jungle;  bhajantam —unto the devotee engaged in devotional service;  bhajamānasya —being worshiped;  bālasya —a child;  iva —like;  asthira-ātmanaḥ —who is always restless and changing;  mat —my;  śūla —by the trident;  bhinna —separated;  grīvasya —whose neck;  bhūriṇā —profuse;  rudhireṇa —by blood;  vai —indeed;  aṣṛk-priyam —who was fond of blood;  tarpayiṣye —I shall please;  bhrātaram —brother;  me —my;  gata-vyathaḥ —becoming peaceful myself.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has given up His natural tendency of equality toward the demons and demigods. Although He is the Supreme Person, now, influenced by māyā, He has assumed the form of a boar to please His devotees, the demigods, just as a restless child leans toward someone. I shall therefore sever Lord Viṣṇu’s head from His trunk by my trident, and with the profuse blood from His body I shall please my brother Hiraṇyākṣa, who was so fond of sucking blood. Thus shall I too be peaceful.
PURPORT
The defect of the demoniac mentality is expressed in this verse very clearly. Hiraṇyakaśipu thought that Viṣṇu also becomes partial, like a child whose mind is not steady or resolute. The Lord can change His mind at any time, Hiraṇyakaśipu thought, and therefore His words and activities are like those of children. Actually, because the demons are ordinary human beings, their minds change, and being materially conditioned, they think that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is conditioned also. As the Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.11),  avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam : “Fools deride Me when I descend in a human form.”
Demons always think that Viṣṇu can be killed. Therefore, being absorbed in thoughts of Viṣṇu’s form to kill Him, at least they have the opportunity to think of Viṣṇu unfavorably. Although they are not devotees, their thinking of Viṣṇu is effective, and thus they generally attain  sāyu-jya-mukti . Because the demons consider the Supreme Lord an ordinary