Text 13] Hiranyakasipu Terrorizes the Universe 179

tam anga mattam madhunoru-gandhina
vivrtta-tamraksam asesa-dhisnya-pah
updsatopayana-panibhir vind
tribhis tapo-yoga-balaujasari padam

tam—him (Hiranyakaéipu); aniga—O dear King; mattam—intoxi-
cated; madhund—by wine; uru-gandhind—strong-smelling; vivrtta—
rolling; tamra-aksam—having eyes like copper; asesa-dhisnya-pah—
the principal men of all the planets; up@sata—worshiped; upadyana—
full with paraphernalia; panibhih—by their own hands; vind—without;
tribhih—the three principal deities (Lord Visnu, Lord Brahma and Lord
Siva); tapah—of austerity; yoga—mystic power; bala—bodily strength;
ojasam—and power of the senses; padam—the abode.

TRANSLATION

O my dear King, Hiranyakasipu was always drunk on strong-
smelling wines and liquors, and therefore his coppery eyes were
always rolling. Nonetheless, because he had powerfully executed
great austerities in mystic yoga, although he was abominable, all
but the three principal demigods—Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and
Lord Visnu—personally worshiped him to please him by bringing
him various presentations with their own hands.

PURPORT

In the Skanda Purana there is this description: up@yanam daduh
sarve vind devin hiranyakah. Hiranyakasipu was so powerful that
everyone but the three principal demigods —namely Lord Brahma, Lord
Siva and Lord Visnu —engaged in his service. Madhvacarya says, dditya
vasavo rudrds tri-vidhad hi surd yatah. There are three kinds of
demigods—the Adityas, the Vasus and the Rudras—beneath whom are
the other demigods, like the Maruts and Sadhyas (marutaé caiva visve ca
sadhyas caiva ca tad-gatah). Therefore all the demigods are called tri-
pistapa, and the same word tri applies to Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and
Lord Visnu.
