168 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 18
personification of material desire. Hiranya means “gold,” and kasipu
means “a soft cushion or bed.” Materialistic persons always desire to
make the body comfortable, and for this they require huge amounts of
gold. Thus Hiranyakasipu was the perfect representative of materialistic
life. He was therefore the cause of great disturbance to the topmost devo-
tee, Prahlada Maharaja, until Lord Nrsitnhadeva killed him. Any devotee
aspiring to be free of material desires should offer his respectful prayers
to Nrsitmhadeva as Prahlada Maharaja did in this verse.
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svasty astu visvasya khalah prasidatarh
dhyayantu bhitani sivam mitho dhiya
manas ca bhadram bhajatad adhoksaje
avesyatam no matir apy ahaituki
svasti—auspiciousness; astu—let there be; visvasya—of the entire
universe; khalah—the envious (almost everyone); prasidatam —let
them be pacified; dhydyantu—let them consider; bhitdni—all the liv-
ing entities; sivam—auspiciousness; mithah—mutual; dhiya—by their
intelligence; manah—the mind; ca—and; bhadram—calmness; bha-
jatat—let it experience; adhoksaje—in the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, who is beyond the perception of mind. intelligence and senses;
dvesyatam—let it be absorbed; nah—our; matih—intelligence: api—
indeed; ahaituki—without any motive.
TRANSLATION
May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all
envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by
practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they
will think of each other’s welfare. Therefore let us all engage in
