Text 28] Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees 311

person [adi-purusa], because of our good fortune You have now
killed this sinful demon, who was giving trouble to the entire uni-
verse.

PURPORT

The word piirvaja is described in Bhagavad-gita (10.8): aham sar-
vasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate. All the demigods, including
Lord Brahma, are manifested from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Therefore the original person, the cause of all causes, is Govinda, the
Gdi-purusam.

TEXT 27

MSA STI AA aT TEA AH TlweA: |
ahaereies! ° weaPanter tilt

yo ’sau labdha-varo matto
na vadhyo mama srstibhih
tapo-yoga-balonnaddhah

samasta-nigaman ahan

yah—the person who; asau—he (Hiranyakasipu); labdha-varah—
being given the extraordinary benediction; mattah—from me; na
vadhyah—not to be killed; mama srstibhih —by any living being created
by me; tapah-yoga-bala—by austerity, mystic power and strength;
unnaddhah—thus being very proud; samasta—all; nigaman—Vedic in-
junctions; ahan—disregarded, transgressed.

TRANSLATION

This demon, Hiranyakasipu, received from me the benediction
that he would not be killed by any living being within my creation.
With this assurance and with strength derived from austerities and
mystic power, he became excessively proud and transgressed all
the Vedic injunctions.

TEXT 28

fen aaa: aT: |
an fratiat senfgereat aaaisyT 21
