Text 28| The Killing of the Demon Hiranyakga 741
TRANSLATION
Aja [Brahma] and others arrived on the spot to see the fearfully tusked
demon lying on the ground. Biting his lip, the glow of his face was yet
unfaded, and Brahma admiringly said: ®, who could meet such blessed
death?
PURPORT
Although the demon was dead, his bodily luster was unfaded. This is
very peculiar because when a man or animal is dead, the body immediately
becomes pale, the luster gradually fades, and decomposition takes place.
But here, although Hiranyaksa lay dead, his bodily luster was unfaded
because the Lord, the Supreme Spirit, was touching his body. One’s
bodily luster remains fresh only as long as the spirit soul is present.
Although the demon’s soul had departed his body, the Supreme Spirit
touched the body, and therefore his bodily luster did not fade. The
individual soul is different from the Supreme Personality of God-
head. One who sces the Supreme Personality of Godhead when he
quits his body is certainly very fortunate, and therefore personali-
ties like Brahma and the other demigods eulogized the death of the
demon.
TEXT 28
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erated fared aa |
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yam yogino yoga-samadhina raho
dhyayanti lingdd asato mumuksaya
tasyaisa daitya-rsabhah padahato
mukham prapasyains tanum ulsasarja ha
yam—whom; yoginai—the yogis; yoga-samadhind—in mystic trance;
rahah—in seclusion; dhydyanti—meditate upon; lingat—from the body;
asalah—unreal; mumuksayd—seeking freedom; tasya—of Him; esah—this;
daitya—son of Viti; rsabhah—the crest jewel; pada—by a foot; ahatah—
struck; mukham—countenance; prapasyan—while gazing on; tanum—the
body; ulsasarja—he cast off; ha—indecd.
