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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 3]
was proud to declare that he would be able to do everything by the power of his  tapasya . He even wanted to make the Vaiṣṇavas' position insecure. These are some of the symptoms of asuric determination.
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इति शुश्रुम निर्बन्धं तपः परममास्थितः । विधत्स्वानन्तरं युक्तं स्वयं त्रिशुवनेश्वर ॥१२॥
iti śuśruma nirbandham tapaḥ paramam āsthitaḥ vidhatsvānantaram yuktam svayam tri-bhuvaneśvara
iti —in this way;  śuśruma —we have heard;  nirbandham —strong determination;  tapaḥ —austerity;  paramam —very severe;  āsthitaḥ —is situated in;  vidhatsva —please take steps;  anantaram —as soon as possible;  yuktam —befitting;  svayam —yourself;  tri-bhuvana-īśvara —O master of the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
O lord, we have heard from reliable sources that in order to obtain your post, Hiranyakaśipu is now engaged in severe austerity. You are the master of the three worlds. Please, without delay, take whatever steps you deem appropriate.
PURPORT
In the material world, a servant is provided for by the master but is always planning how to capture the master's post. There have been many instances of this in history. Especially in India during the Mohammedan rule, many servants, by plans and devices, took over the posts of their masters. It is learned from Caitanya literature that one big Zamindar, Subuddhi Rāya, kept a Mohammedan boy as a servant. Of course, he treated the boy as his own child, and sometimes, when the boy would steal something, the master would chastise him by striking him with a cane. There was a mark on the boy's back from this chastisement. Later,