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Hiraṇyakāśipu, King of the Demons
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those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who worship Me will live with Me.”
The human form of body is valuable. One can use this body to go to the higher planetary systems, to Pitrloka, or he can remain in this lower planetary system, but if one tries he can also return home, back to Godhead. This prowess is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the Supersoul. Therefore the Lord says,  mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca : “From Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” If one wants to receive real knowledge from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can become free from bondage to repeated acceptance of material bodies. If one takes to the devotional service of the Lord and surrenders unto Him, the Lord is prepared to give one directions by which to return home, back to Godhead, but if one foolishly wants to keep himself in darkness, he can continue in a life of material existence.
TEXT 47
यावल्लिङ्गान्वितो ह्यात्मा तावत् कर्म निबन्धनम् । ततो विपर्ययः क्लेशो मायायोगोऽनुवर्तते ॥४७॥
yāval lingānvito hy ātmā tāvat karma-nibandhanam tato viparyayaḥ kleśo māyā-yogo 'nuvartate
yāvat —as long as;  linga-anvitaḥ —covered by the subtle body;  hi —indeed;  ātmā —the soul;  tāvat —that long;  karma —of fruitive activities;  nibandhanam —bondage;  tataḥ —from that;  viparyayaḥ —reversal (wrongly thinking the body to be the self);  kleśaḥ —misery;  māyā-yogaḥ —a strong relationship with the external, illusory energy;  anuvartate —follows.
TRANSLATION
As long as the spirit soul is covered by the subtle body, consisting of the mind, intelligence and false ego, he is bound to the results of his fruitive activities. Because of this covering, the spirit