Text 6] Hiraṇyakaśipu's Plan to Become Immortal
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encompassing the upper and lower planets, which all became extremely hot.
TEXT 5
चुक्षुभुर्नद्युदन्वन्तः सद्वीपाद्रिश्चचाल भूः । निपेतुः सग्रहास्तारा जज्वलुश्च दिशो दश ॥ ५ ॥
cukṣubhur nady-udanvantaḥ sadvīpādriś cacāla bhūḥ nipetuḥ sagrahās tārā jajvaluś ca diśo daśa
cukṣubhuḥ—became agitated; nadī-udanvantaḥ—the rivers and oceans; sa-dvīpa—with the islands; adriḥ—and mountains; cacāla—trembled; bhūḥ—the surface of the globe; nipetuḥ—fell; sa-grahāḥ—with the planets; tārāḥ—the stars; jajvaluḥ—blazed; ca—also; diśaḥ daśa—the ten directions.
TRANSLATION
Because of the power of his severe austerities, all the rivers and oceans were agitated, the surface of the globe, with its mountains and islands, began trembling, and the stars and planets fell. All directions were ablaze.
TEXT 6
तेन तप्ता दिवं त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्मलोकं ययुः सुराः । धात्रे विज्ञापयामासुर्देवदेव जगत्पते । दैत्येन्द्रतपसा तप्ता दिवि स्थातुं न शक्नुमः ॥ ६ ॥
tena taptā divaṁ tyaktvā brahmalokaṁ yayuḥ surāḥ dhātre vijñāpayām āsur deva-deva jagat-pate daityendra-tapasā taptā divi sthātuṁ na śaknumaḥ