Text 36] Hiranyakasipu’s Plan to Become Immortal 165
created; mrtyuh—death; md—not; bhit—let there be; mama—my;
prabho—O my lord.

TRANSLATION

O my lord, O best of the givers of benediction, if you will kindly
grant me the benediction I desire, please let me not meet death
from any of the living entities created by you.

PURPORT

After being created from the navel of Garbhodakaéayi Visnu, Lord
Brahma, the original created living being within the universe, created
many other different types of living entities to reside in this universe.
Therefore, from the beginning of creation, the living entities were born
of a superior living entity. Ultimately, Krsna is the supreme living being,
the father of all others. Aharn bija-pradah pita: He is the seed-giving
father of all living entities.

Thus far, Hiranyakasipu has adored Lord Brahma as the Supreme
Personality of Godhead and has expected to become immortal by the
benediction of Lord Brahma. Now, however, having come to understand
that even Lord Brahmi is not immortal because at the end of the millen-
nium Lord Brahma will also die, Hiranyakasipu is very carefully asking
him for benedictions that will be almost as good as immortality. His first
proposal is that he not be killed by any of the different forms of living
entities created by Lord Brahma within this material world.

TEXT 36
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nantar bahir diva naktam
anyasméd api cdyudhaih
na bhiimau nadmbare mrtyur
na narair na mrgair api

na—not; antah—inside (the palace or home); bahih—outside the
home; diva—during the daytime; naktam—during the night; any-
asmat—from any others beyond Lord Brahma; api—even; ca—also;
