Text 46] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons 167

dishonest that by the strength of his power and austerity, he took
away our powers. Thus he became very proud of his mystic
strength. Now, because this rogue has been killed by Your nails,
we offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

PURPORT

On earth there are many yogis who can exhibit some feeble mystic
power by manufacturing pieces of gold like magic, but the inhabitants of
the planet Siddhaloka are actually extremely powerful in mysticism.
They can fly from one planet to another without airplanes. This is called
laghima-siddhi. They can actually become very light and fly in the sky.
By a severe type of austerity, however, Hiranyakasipu excelled all the in-
habitants of Siddhaloka and created disturbances for them. The residents
of Siddhaloka were also beaten by the powers of Hiranyakasipu. Now
that Hiranyakasipu had been killed by the Lord, the inhabitants of Sid-
dhaloka also felt relieved.

TEXT 46
stare! FY?

fiat THIUTATATal
ATEN THRNATA: |

aim dq  waraed
WTAE Toe: HW ETT BEI

Sri-vidyadhara iicuh
vidyam prthag dhéranaydnuraddham
nyasedhad ajno bala-virya-drptah
sa yena sankhye pasuvad dhatas tam
may4a-nrsimham pranatah sma nityam

Sri-vidyadharadh ticuh—the inhabitants of Vidyadhara-loka prayed;
vidyém—mystic formulas (by which one can appear and disappear);
prthak—separately; dharanaya—by various meditations within the
mind; anuréddham—attained; nyasedhat—stopped; ajrnah—this fool;
bala-virya-drptah—puffed up by bodily strength and his ability to
