Text 22] The Victory of Hiranyaksa 691

TRANSLATION

His younger brother, Hiranyaksa, was always ready to satisfy his elder
brother by his activities; he took a club on his shoulder and traveled all
over the universe with a fighting spirit just to satisfy him.

PURPORT

The demoniac spirit is to train all family members to exploit the resources
of this universe for personal sense gratification, whereas the godly spirit is
to engage everything in the service of the Lord. Hiranyakasipu was himself
very powerful, and he made his younger brother Hiranyakga powerful Lo
assist him in fighting with everyone and lording it over material nature as
long as possible. If possible, he wanted to rule the universe eternally. These
are demonstrations of the spirit of the demoniac living entity.

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d dea gaa Wena |
TAIRA AA FETA ATRTITRA 1221

tam viksya duhsaha-javam
ranat-kancana-népuram

vaijayantyd srajd@ justam
arisa-nyaslta-maha-gadam

tam—him; viksya—having seen; duhsaha—difficult to control; javam—
temper; ragat—tinkling; kdfcana—gold; niipuram—anklets; vaijayantya
sraja—with a vaijayanti garland; justam—adorned; amsa—on his shoulder;
nyasta—rested; maha-gadam—a huge mace.

TRANSLATION

His temper was difficult to control. He had anklets of gold tinkling about
his feet, he was adorned with a gigantic garland, and he rested his huge
mace on one of his shoulders.

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GRA HTTUNETTY |
atten Farferfeat SarATTART ATCT! (RAM
