Text 51] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons 173

performances, but this Hiranyakasipu, by the influence of his
bodily strength and valor, brought us under his subjugation. Now
he has been brought to this low condition by Your Lordship. What
benefit can result from the activities of such an upstart as
Hiranyakasipu?

PURPORT

By being a very obedient servant of the Supreme Lord, one becomes
extremely powerful in bodily strength, influence and effulgence,
whereas the fate of demoniac upstarts is ultimately to fall down like
Hiranyakasipu. Hiranyakasipu and persons like him may be very power-
ful for some time, but the obedient servants of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead like the demigods remain powerful always. They are vic-
torious over the influence of Hiranyakasipu by the grace of the Supreme

Lord.
TEXT 51
APN HA
at aaefirgs varatinfita: |
aay aeSaeaTAT: | AAA: 4 21

Sri-cdrana iicuh
hare tavarighri-parkajam
bhavapavargam asritah
yad esa sddhu-hrc-chayas

tvayadsurah samapitah

Sri-caranah iicuh—the inhabitants of the Carana planet said; hare—O
Lord; tava—Your; arghri-parkajam—lotus feet; bhava-apavargam—
the only shelter for becoming free from the contamination of material
existence; dsritah—sheltered at; yat—because; esah—this; sadhu-hrt-
sayah—stake in the hearts of all honest persons; tvaya—by Your Lord-
ship; asurah—the demon (Hiranyakagipu); samdpitah—finished.

TRANSLATION

The inhabitants of the Carana planet said: O Lord, because You
have destroyed the demon Hiranyakasipu, who was always a stake
