Text 13] Hiraṇyakaśipu's Plan to Become Immortal
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after that boy had by crooked means become Hussain Shah, Nawab of Bengal, one day his wife saw the mark on his back and inquired about it. The Nawab replied that in his childhood he had been a servant of Subuddhi Rāya, who had punished him because of some mischievous activities. Upon hearing this, the Nawab's wife immediately became agitated and requested her husband to kill Subuddhi Rāya. Nawab Hussain Shah, of course, was very grateful to Subuddhi Rāya and therefore refused to kill him, but when his wife requested him to turn Subuddhi Rāya into a Mohammedan, the Nawab agreed. Taking some water from his waterpot, he sprinkled it upon Subuddhi Rāya and declared that Subuddhi Rāya had now become a Mohammedan. The point is that this Nawab had been an ordinary menial servant of Subuddhi Rāya but was somehow or other able to occupy the supreme post of Nawab of Bengal. This is the material world. Everyone is trying to become master through various devices, although everyone is servant of his senses. Following this system, a living entity, although servant of his senses, tries to become master of the whole universe. Hiraṇyakaśipu was a typical example of this, and Brahmā was informed by the demigods of his intentions.
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तवासनं द्विजगवां पारमेष्ठ्यं जगत्पते । मवाय श्रेयसे भूत्यै क्षेमाय विजयाय च ॥१३॥
tavāsanam dvija-gavām pārameṣṭhyam jagat-pate bhavāya śreyase bhūtyai kṣemāya vijayāya ca
tava —your;  āsanam —position on the throne;  dvija —of the brahminical culture or the  brāhmaṇas ;  gavām —of the cows;  pārameṣṭhyam —supreme;  jagat-pate —O master of the whole universe;  bhavāya —for improvement;  śreyase —for the ultimate happiness;  bhūtyai —for increasing the opulence;  kṣemāya —for the maintenance and good fortune;  vijayāya —for the victory and increasing prestige;  ca —and.