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Hiraṇyakāśipu, King of the Demons
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decorations of the dead body. The conditioned soul has no information of the spirit and its exalted existence beyond the effects of the material condition.
TEXTS 25-26
एष आत्मविपर्यासो ह्यलिङ्गे लिङ्गभावना । 
    एष प्रियाप्रियैर्योगो वियोगः कर्मसंमृतिः ॥२५॥ 
    सम्भवश्च विनाशश्च शोकश्च विविधः स्मृतः । 
    अविवेकश्च चिन्ता च विवेकास्मृतिरेव च ॥२६॥
eṣa ātma-viparyāso 
    hy aliṅge liṅga-bhāvanā 
    eṣa priyāpriyair yogo 
    viyogaḥ karma-saṁsṛtiḥ
sambhavaś ca vināśaś ca 
    śokaś ca vividhaḥ smṛtaḥ 
    avivekaś ca cintā ca 
    vivekāsmṛtir eva ca
esaḥ —this;  ātma-viparyāsaḥ —bewilderment of the living being;  hi —indeed;  aliṅge —in that which does not possess a material body;  liṅga-bhāvanā —accepting the material body to be the self;  eṣaḥ —this;  priya —with those who are very dear;  apriyaiḥ —and with those who are not dear (enemies, those not in the family, etc.);  yogaḥ —connection;  viyogaḥ —separation;  karma —the fruits of action;  saṁsṛtiḥ —the material condition of life;  sambhavaḥ —accepting birth;  ca —and;  vināśaḥ —accepting death;  ca —and;  śokaḥ —lamentation;  ca —and;  vividhaḥ —varieties;  smṛtaḥ —mentioned in scripture;  avivekaḥ —lack of discrimination;  ca —and;  cintā —anxiety;  ca —also;  viveka —of proper discrimination;  asmṛtiḥ —forgetfulness;  eva —indeed;  ca —also.
TRANSLATION
In his bewildered state, the living entity, accepting the body and mind to be the self, considers some people to be his kinsmen and