Text 10] The Battle Between Lord Boar and Hiranyaksa 709

always present to protect them. The demon’s derision of the Lord was just
like the barking of dogs; the Lord did not care about it, since He was doing
His own work in delivering the earth from the midst of the water. Material-
istic demons always possess large amounts of gold in various shapes, and
they think that a large amount of gold, physical strength and popularity
can save them from the wrath of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TEXT 10
MMA TAT
aed at at Ta aM
wfeera  mafeer!
a aad: sftana ata
eed Ft WERE N2oll

Sri bhagavan uvaca
satyam vayam bho vana-gocara mrga
yugmad-vidhan mygaye grama-simhan
na mplyu-pasath pralimuktasya vira
vikatthanam lava grhnanty abhadra

Sri bhagavan uvaca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; satyam-
indeed; vayam—We; bhoh—O;, vana-gocarah—dwelling in the forest; mrgah—
creatures; yusmal-vidhan—like you; mrgaye—| am searching to kill; grama-
simhan—dogs; na—not; mrtyu-pasaih—by the bonds of death;
pralimuklasya—of he who is bound; virah—the heroes; vikallhanam—
loose talk; tava—your; grhnanti—take notice of; abhadra—O mischievous
one.

TRANSLATION

The Personality of Godhead said: Indeed We are creatures of the jungle,
and We are searching after hunting dogs like you. One who is freed from
the entanglement of death has no fear from the loose talk in which you
are indulging, for you are bound up by the laws of death.

PURPORT

Demons and atheistic persons can go on insulting the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead, but they forget that they are subjected to the laws of
birth and death. They think that simply by decrying the existence of the
Supreme Lord or defying His stringent laws of nature, one can be freed
