Text 53] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons 175

pancatam—death; parica-virnsa—O twenty-fifth principle (the con-
troller of the other twenty-four elements).

TRANSLATION

The inhabitants of Yaksaloka prayed: O controller of the
twenty-four elements, we are considered the best servants of Your
Lordship because of rendering services pleasing to You, yet we
engaged as palanquin carriers by the order of Hiranyakasipu, the
son of Diti. O Lord in the form of Nrsimhadeva, You know how
this demon gave trouble to everyone, but now You have killed
him, and his body is mixing with the five material elements.

PURPORT

The Supreme Lord is the controller of the ten senses, the five material
elements, the five sense objects, the mind, the intelligence, the false ego
and the soul. Therefore He is addressed as pafica-virnsa, the twenty-fifth
element. The inhabitants of the Yaksa planet are supposed to be the best
of all servants, but Hiranyakasipu engaged them as palanquin carriers.
The entire universe was in trouble because of Hiranyakasipu, but now
that Hiranyakasipu’s body was mixing with the five material elements—
earth, water, fire, air and sky—everyone felt relief. Upon
Hiranyakasipu’s death, the Yaksas were reinstated in their original ser-
vice to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus they felt obliged to the
Lord and offered their prayers.

TEXT 53
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at SFeN wat aga: aghast Wz
Sri-kimpurusad ticuh
vayam kimpurusds tvam tu
mahé-purusa isvarah

ayam kupuruso nasto

dhik-krtah sadhubhir yada
