Text 66] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva 1113
tried to kill his five-year-old boy due to the boy’s unflinching faith in God.
However, in due course of time the Lord appeared as Nrsimhadeva and
killed Hiranyakasipu in the presence of his son. As stated in Srimad-
Bhagavatam, this killing process is natural. Jivo jivasya jivanam: “One
animal is food for another animal.” (Bhag. 1.13.47) A frog is eaten by a
snake, a snake is eaten by a mongoose, and the mongoose is eaten by
another animal. In this way the process of destruction goes on by the
supreme will of the Lord. Although we do not see the hand of the Supreme
Lord directly, we can feel the presence of that hand through the Lord’s
process of destruction. We can see the clouds scattered by the wind,
although we cannot see how this is being done because it is not possible to
see the wind. Similarly, although we do not directly see the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, we can see that He controls the process of
destruction. The destructive process is going on fiercely under the control
of the Lord, but the atheists cannot see it.
TEXT 66
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pramattam uccair iti krtya-cintaya
pravrddha-lobham visayesu lalasam
tvam apramattah sahasabhipadyase
ksul-lelihano *hir ivakhum antakah
pramattam—persons who are mad; uccaili—loudly; iti—thus; krtya—to
be done; cintaya—by such desire; pravrddha—very much advanced;
lobham—greediness; visayesu—in the matter of material enjoyment;
lalaam—so desiring; tuam—Your Lordship; apramattah—completely in
transcendence; sahasa—all of a sudden; abhipadyase—seizes them;
ksut—hungry; lelihanah—by the greedy tongue; ahih—snake; iva—like;
akhum—mouse; antakah—destroyer.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, all living entities within this material world are mad after
planning for things, and they are always busy with a desire to do this or
that. This is due to uncontrollable greed. The greed for material enjoyment
