Text 30] The Victory of Hiranyaksa 697

TRANSLATION

Thus mocked by an enemy whose vanity knew no bounds, the
worshipful lord of the waters waxed angry, but by dint of his reason he
managed to curb the anger that had sprung up in him, and he replied:
O dear one, we have now desisted from warfare, having grown too old for
combat.

PURPORT

As we see, warmongering materialists always create fighting without
reason.

TEXT 30

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PTTARIA Fi

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pasyami nanyam purusat puratanad
yah samyuge tvam rana-marga-kovidam
aradhayisyaty asurarsabhehi tam
manasvino yam grnate bhavadrsah

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pasyami—| sce; na—not; anyam—other; purusal—than the person;
purdlanal—most ancient; yah—who ;samyuge—in battle; tv@ém—Lo you; rana-
marga—in the tactics of war; kovidam—very much skilled; aradhayisyati—
will give satisfaction; asura-rsabha—O chief of the asuras; thi—approach;
tam—Him; manasvinah—heroes; yam—whom; grnate— praise; bhavadrsah—

like you.
TRANSLATION

You are so skilled in war that I do not see anyone else than the most
ancient person, Lord Visnu, who can give satisfaction in battle to you.
Therefore, O chief of the asuras, approach Him, whom even heroes like you
mention with praise.

PURPORT

Aggressive materialistic warriors are actually punished by the Supreme
Lord for their policy of unnecessarily disturbing world peace. Therefore
Varuna advised Hirayyakga that the right course to satisfy his fighting
spirit would be to seek lo fight with Visnu.
