CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Victory of Hiranyaksa Over
All the Directions of the Universe

TEXT 1
HI Jaa

Fracareraan itd arate ea: |
Ta: Bl aaades Prfeare fata: | 2 UI

mattreya uvaca
nigamyalma-bhuvd gitam
karanam sankayojjhitah
tatah sarve nyavartanta
tridivdya divaukasah

maitreyah—the sage Maitreya; uvdca—said; nigamya— upon hearing; alma-
bhuva—by Brahma; gitam—explanation; k@ranam—the cause; sankaya—
from fear; ujjhitah—freed; tatah—then; sarve—all; nyavartanta—returned;
tridivaya—to the heavenly planets; diva-okasah—the demigods (who inhabit
the higher planets).

TRANSLATION

Sti Maitreya said: The demigods, the inhabitants of the higher planets,
were freed from all fear upon hearing the cause of the darkness explained
by Brahma, who was born from Visnu. Thus they all returned to their
respective planets.

PURPORT

The demigods, who are denizens of higher planets, are also very much
afraid of incidents such as the universe’s becoming dark, and so they
consulted Brahma. This indicates that the quality of fear exists for every
living entity in the material world. The four principal activities of material

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