Text 3] HiranyakaSipu’s Plan to Become Immortal 131

in the future he would be able to conquer Lord Brahma’s abode.
Similarly, another demon received a benediction from Lord Siva but later
wanted to kill Lord Siva through that same benediction. Thus self-
interested persons, by demoniac austerity, want to kill even their
benedictors, whereas the Vaisnava wants to remain an ever-existing ser-
vant of the Lord and never to occupy the post of the Lord. Through sdyu-
Jya-mukti, which is generally demanded by asuras, one merges into the
existence of the Lord, but although one sometimes thus achieves the goal
of the theory of monism, one falls down again to struggle in material
existence.

TEXT 2
TAT AAMT AT TAZTENT |
SATE: TaTARfrMafa: | 2 A

sa tepe mandara-dronyam
tapah parama-darunam

urdhva-bahur nabho-drstih
padangusthasritavanih

sah—he (Hiranyakagipu); tepe—performed; mandara-dronyam—in
a valley of Mandara Hill; tapah—austerity; parama—most; darunam—
difficult; ardhva—raising; bahuh—arms; nabhah—toward the sky;
drstih—his vision; pdda-angustha—with the big toes of his feet;
dsrita—resting on; avanih—the ground.

TRANSLATION

In the valley of Mandara Hill, Hiranyakasipu began performing
his austerities by standing with his toes on the ground, keeping his
arms upward and looking toward the sky. This position was ex-
tremely difficult, but he accepted it as a means to attain perfection.

TEXT 3

aertaaat tH daate stata: |
Aeterrarsrara Fa: Strat AT 3 UI
