692 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 17

mano-virya-varotsiktam
asrnyam akuto-bhayam

bhitd nililyire devas
tarksya-trasta tvahayah

manas-virya— by mental and bodily strength; vara—by the boon; utsiktam
—proud; asrnyam—not able to be checked; akutah-bhayam-—fearing no one;
bhitah—frightened; nililyire—hid themselves; devah—the demigods; tarksya
—Garuda; trastah—frightened of; iva—like; ahayah—snakes.

TRANSLATION

His mental and bodily strength as well as the boon conferred upon him
had made him proud. He feared death at the hands of no one, and there
was no checking him. The gods, therefore, were seized with fear at his very
sight, and they hid themselves even as snakes hide themselves for fear of

Garuda.

PURPORT

The asuras are generally strongly built, as described here, and therefore
their mental condition is very sound, and their prowess is also extra-
ordinary. Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu, having received the boon that
they would not be killed by any other living entily within this universe,
were almost immortal, and thus they were completely fearless.

TEXT 23

aa frafeary Ce MEAT EAA ZANTE |
THAIN AATATHT TAT TTR |

sa vai tiro-hitan drstva
mahasd svena daitya-rat

sendran deva-ganan ksiban
apasyan vyanadad bhrsam

sah—he; vai—indeed; tirah-hitdn—vanished; drstva—having seen; mahasa—
by might; svena—his own; daitya-rat—the chief of the daityas (demons);
sa-indran—along with Indra; deva-gandn—the demigods; ksiban—intoxi-
cated; apasyan—not finding; vyanadat—roared; bhysam—loudly .
