Text 8] Hiranyakasipu, King of the Demons 65

everyone); ghrneh—most abominable; maéya—under the influence of
the illusory energy; vana-okasah—behaving exactly like an animal in
the jungle; bhajantam—unto the devotee engaged in devotional service;
bhajamanasya—being worshiped; balasya—a child; iva—like; asthira-
atmanah—who is always restless and changing; mat—my; sitla—by the
trident; bhinna—separated; grivasya—whose neck; bhirina —profuse;
rudhirena—by blood; vai—indeed; asrk-priyam—who was fond of
blood; tarpayisye—I shall please; bhrataram—brother; me—my; gata-
vyathah—becoming peaceful myself.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead has given up His natural
tendency of equality toward the demons and demigods. Although
He is the Supreme Person, now, influenced by maya, He has
assumed the form of a boar to please His devotees, the demigods,
just as a restless child leans toward someone. I shall therefore sever
Lord Visnu’s head from His trunk by my trident, and with the
profuse blood from His body I shall please my brother Hiranyaksa,
who was so fond of sucking blood. Thus shall I too be peaceful.

PURPORT

The defect of the demoniac mentality is expressed in this verse very
clearly. Hiranyakasipu thought that Visnu also becomes partial, like a
child whose mind is not steady or resolute. The Lord can change His
mind at any time, Hiranyakasipu thought, and therefore His words and
activities are like those of children. Actually, because the demons are
ordinary human beings, their minds change, and being materially condi-
tioned, they think that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is condi-
tioned also. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (9.11), avajananti marn
midha manusim tanum GSritam: ‘‘Fools deride Me when I descend in a
human form.”

Demons always think that Visnu can be killed. Therefore, being ab-
sorbed in thoughts of Visnu’s form to kill Him, at least they have the op-
portunity to think of Visnu unfavorably. Although they are not devotees,
their thinking of Visnu is effective, and thus they generally attain sayu-
Jya-mukti. Because the demons consider the Supreme Lord an ordinary
