Text 46] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons
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dishonest that by the strength of his power and austerity, he took away our powers. Thus he became very proud of his mystic strength. Now, because this rogue has been killed by Your nails, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You.
PURPORT
On earth there are many  yogīs  who can exhibit some feeble mystic power by manufacturing pieces of gold like magic, but the inhabitants of the planet Siddhaloka are actually extremely powerful in mysticism. They can fly from one planet to another without airplanes. This is called  laghimā-siddhi . They can actually become very light and fly in the sky. By a severe type of austerity, however, Hiraṇyakaśipu excelled all the inhabitants of Siddhaloka and created disturbances for them. The residents of Siddhaloka were also beaten by the powers of Hiraṇyakaśipu. Now that Hiraṇyakaśipu had been killed by the Lord, the inhabitants of Siddhaloka also felt relieved.
TEXT 46
श्रीविद्याधरा ऊचुः
विद्यां पृथग्वारणयानुराद्धां न्यषेधदज्ञो बलवीर्यदृप्तः । स येन संख्ये पशुवद्धतस्तं मायानृसिंहं प्रणताः स नित्यम् ॥४६॥
śrī-vidyādharā ūcuḥ vidyām pṛthag dhāraṇayānurāddhām nyaṣedhad ajño bala-vīrya-dṛptaḥ sa yena saṅkhye paśuvad dhatas tam māyā-nṛsimham praṇatāḥ sma nityam
śrī-vidyādharāḥ ūcuḥ—the inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka prayed; vidyām—mystic formulas (by which one can appear and disappear); pṛthak—separately; dhāraṇayā—by various meditations within the mind; anurāddhām—attained; nyaṣedhat—stopped; ajñaḥ—this fool; bala-vīrya-dṛptaḥ—puffed up by bodily strength and his ability to