Text 31] Hiraṇyakaśipu, King of the Demons
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not accept the  Purāṇas , but Śrīla Madhvācārya and all other authorities accept them as the authoritative histories of the world.
TEXT 28
उशीनरेष्वभूद्राजा सुयज्ञ इति विश्वतः । सपत्नैर्निहतो युद्धे ज्ञातयस्तमुपासत ॥२८॥
uśīnareṣu abhūd rājā   suyajña iti viśrutaḥ   sapatnair nihato yuddhe   jñātayas tam upāsata
uśīnareṣu —in the state known as Uśīnara;  abhūt —there was;  rājā —a king;  suyajñaḥ —Suyajña;  iti —thus;  viśrutaḥ —celebrated;  sapatnaiḥ —by enemies;  nihataḥ —killed;  yuddhe —in war;  jñātayaḥ —the kinsmen;  tam —him;  upāsata —sat around.
TRANSLATION
In the state known as Uśīnara there was a celebrated king named Suyajña. When the King was killed in battle by his enemies, his kinsmen sat down around the dead body and began to lament the death of their friend.
TEXTS 29-31
विशीर्णरत्नकवचं विश्रष्टाभरणस्रजम् । शरनिर्मिन्नहृदयं शयानमसृगाविलम् ॥२९॥ प्रकीर्णकेशं ध्वस्ताक्षं रभसा दष्टदच्छदम् । रजःकुण्ठमुखाम्भोजं छिन्नायुधभुजं मृधे ॥३०॥ उशीनरेन्द्रं विधिना तथा कृतं पतिं महिष्यः प्रसमीक्ष्य दुःखिताः । हताः स नाथेति करैरुतो भृशं मन्त्यो मुहुस्तत्पदयोरुपापतन् ॥३१॥