Text 8] The Battle Between Lord Boar and Hiranyaksa 707

fear of derision or unkind words from an enemy. The Lord had nothing to
fear from anyone, yet He was merciful to His enemy by neglecting him.
Although apparently He fled from the challenge, it was just to protect the
earth from calamity that He tolerated Hiramnyaksa’s deriding words.

TEXT 8

qT MIGAIAsoa TAT
fre TATA |
afte farrat sar
uma fad: vermst: tt <i

sa gam udastat salilasya gocare
vinyasya tasyam adadhat sva-sattvam

abhistuto visva-srjd prasinair
adpiryamano vibudhaih pasyato ’reh

sah—the Lord; gam-—the earth; udastat—on the surface; salilasya—of the
water; gocare—within His sight; vinyasya—having placed; tasyam—to the
earth; adadhat—he invested; sva—His own; sattvam—existence; abhistutah—
praised; visva-srja—by Brahma (the creator of the universe); prasiinaih—by
flowers; dpiryamanah—becoming satisfied; vibudhaih—by the demigods;
pasyatah—while looking on; areh—the enemy.

TRANSLATION

The Lord placed the earth within His sight on the surface of the water
and transferred to her His own energy in the form of the capacity to
float on the water. While the enemy stood looking on, Brahma, the
creator of the universe, extolled the Lord, and the other demigods rained
flowers on Him.

PURPORT

Those who are demons cannot understand how the Supreme Personality
of Godhead floated the earth on water, but to devotees of the Lord this is
not a very wonderful act. Not only the earth but many, many millions of
planets are floating in the air, and this floating power is endowed to them
by the Lord; there is no other possible explanation. The materialists can
explain that the planets are floating by the law of gravitation, but the law
of gravitation works under the control or direction of the Supreme Lord.
