Text 13] HiranyakaSipu’s Plan to Become Immortal 139

after that boy had by crooked means become Hussain Shah, Nawab of
Bengal, one day his wife saw the mark on his back and inquired about it.
The Nawab replied that in his childhood he had been a servant of Subud-
dhi Raya, who had punished him because of some mischievous activities.
Upon hearing this, the Nawab’s wife immediately became agitated and
requested her husband to kill Subuddhi Raya. Nawab Hussain Shah, of
course, was very grateful to Subuddhi Raya and therefore refused to kill
him, but when his wife requested him to turn Subuddhi Raya into a
Mohammedan, the Nawab agreed. Taking some water from his waterpot,
he sprinkled it upon Subuddhi Raya and declared that Subuddhi Raya
had now become a Mohammedan. The point is that this Nawab had been
an ordinary menial servant of Subuddhi Raya but was somehow or other
able to occupy the supreme post of Nawab of Bengal. This is the material
world. Everyone is trying to become master through various devices, al-
though everyone is servant of his senses. Following this system, a living
entity, although servant of his senses, tries to become master of the
whole universe. Hiranyakasipu was a typical example of this, and
Brahma was informed by the demigods of his intentions.

TEXT 13
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wart FI ed Fara fora | 1231

tavdsanam dvya-gavam
pdramesthyarm jagat-pate

bhavaya Sreyase bhiityai
ksemaya vijayaya ca

tava—your; Gsanam—position on the throne; dvija—of the
brahminical culture or the brdhmanas; gavam—of the cows;
paramesthyam—supreme; jagat-pate—O master of the whole universe;
bhavaya—for improvement; sreyase—for the ultimate happiness;
bhityai—for increasing the opulence; ksemaéya—for the maintenance
and good fortune; vijayaya—for the victory and increasing prestige;
ca—and.
