122 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 8

and he loses the blessings of superior persons and the results of pious ac-
tivities. Hiranyakasipu, for example, had achieved such great power in
the material world that he could subdue practically all the planetary
systems in the universe, including the heavenly planets (Svargaloka).
Yet now, because of his mistreatment of such a Vaisnava as Prahlada
Maharaja, all the results of his tapasya diminished. As stated in Srimad-
Bhagavatam (10.4.46):
ayuh sriyam yaso dharmam
lokdn dSisa eva ca
hanti Sreyamsi sarvani
pumso mahad-atikramah

“When one mistreats great souls, his life span, opulence, reputation,
religion, possessions and good fortune are all destroyed.”

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ANROTHATETT
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TAHA TTT AY ca TAIT 11 4 I

Sri-hiranyakasipur uvaca
he durvinita mandatman

kula-bheda-karadhama
stabdham mac-chasanodurttam

nesye tuddya yama-ksayam

Sri-hiranyakasipuh uvaca—the blessed Hiranyakasipu said; he—O;
durvinita—most impudent; manda-dtman—O stupid fool; kula-bheda-
kara—who are bringing about a disruption in the family; adhama—O
lowest of mankind; stabdham—most obstinate; mat-sasana—from my
ruling; udvrttam—going astray; nesye—I shall bring; tva@—you;
adya—today; yama-ksayam—to the place of Yamaraja, the superinten-
dent of death.

TRANSLATION

Hiranyakasipu said: O most impudent, most unintelligent dis-
ruptor of the family, O lowest of mankind, you have violated my
