Text 36] Hiraṇyakaśipu's Plan to Become Immortal
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created;  mṛtyuḥ —death;  mā —not;  bhūt —let there be;  mama —my;  prabho —O my lord.
TRANSLATION
O my lord, O best of the givers of benediction, if you will kindly grant me the benediction I desire, please let me not meet death from any of the living entities created by you.
PURPORT
After being created from the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Lord Brahmā, the original created living being within the universe, created many other different types of living entities to reside in this universe. Therefore, from the beginning of creation, the living entities were born of a superior living entity. Ultimately,  Kṛṣṇa  is the supreme living being, the father of all others.  Aham bīja-pradaḥ pitā : He is the seed-giving father of all living entities.
Thus far, Hiraṇyakaśipu has adored Lord Brahmā as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and has expected to become immortal by the benediction of Lord Brahmā. Now, however, having come to understand that even Lord Brahmā is not immortal because at the end of the millennium Lord Brahmā will also die, Hiraṇyakaśipu is very carefully asking him for benedictions that will be almost as good as immortality. His first proposal is that he not be killed by any of the different forms of living entities created by Lord Brahmā within this material world.
TEXT 36
नान्तर्बहिर्दिवा नक्तमन्यसादपि चायुधैः । न भूमौ नाम्बरे मृत्युर्न नरैर्न मृगैरपि ॥३६॥
nāntar bahir divā naktam anyasmād api cāyudhaiḥ na bhūmau nāmbare mṛtyur na narair na mṛgair api
na —not;  antaḥ —inside (the palace or home);  bahiḥ —outside the home;  divā —during the daytime;  naktam —during the night;  anyasmāt —from any others beyond Lord Brahmā;  api —even;  ca —also;