724 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 3, Ch. 19
of Brahma and other demigods are not to be compared to the prayers of
the demons. Their purpose is to please the Supreme Lord; therefore the
Lord smiled and accepted the prayer to kill the demon. Demons, who are
never interested in praising the Supreme Personality of Godhead because
they have no information of Him, go to the demigods, and in Bhagavad-
gita this is condemned. Persons who go to the demigods and pray for
advancement in sinful activities are considered to be bereft of all intel-
ligence. Demons have lost all intelligence because they do not know what
is actually their self-interest. Even if they have information of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, they decline to approach Him; it is not possible
for them to get their desired boons from the Supreme Lord because
their purposes are always sinful. It is said that the dacoits in Bengal used
to worship the goddess Kali for fulfillment of their sinful desires to plunder
others’ property, but they never went to a Visnu temple because they
might have been unsuccessful in praying to Visyu. Therefore the prayers
of the demigods or the devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
are always untinged by sinful purposes.
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tatah sapatnam mukhatas
carantam akuto-bhayam
Jaghanotpatya gadaya
hanav asuram aksajah
tatah—then; sapatnam—enemy; mukhatah—in front of Him; carantam—
stalking; akutah-bhayam—fearlessly ; jaghana—struck ; utpatya—after spring-
ing up; gadaya—with His mace; hanau— at the chin; asuram—the demon;
aksa-jah—The Lord who was born from the nostril of Brahma.
TRANSLATION
The Lord, who had appeared from the nostril of Brahma, sprang and
aimed His mace at the chin of His enemy, the Hiranyaksa demon, who was
stalking fearlessly before Him.
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