62 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 19
at not seeing Him, Hiranyakasipu screamed loudly and searched
the entire universe, including the surface of the earth, the higher
planetary systems, all directions and all the caves and oceans. But
Hiranyakasipu, the greatest hero, did not see Visnu anywhere.
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apasyann iti hovdca
maydnvistam idam jagat
bhratr-ha me gato niinam
yato navartate puman

apasyan—not seeing Him; iti—in this way; ha uvdca—uttered;
maya—by me; anvistam—has been sought; idam—the whole; jagat—
universe; bhratr-ha—Lord Visnu, who killed the brother; me—my;
gatah—must have gone; niinam—indeed; yatah—from where; na—
not; dvartate—comes back; pumadn—a person.

TRANSLATION

Unable to see Him, Hiranyakasipu said, ‘‘I have searched the en-
tire universe, but I could not find Visnu, who has killed my
brother. Therefore, He must certainly have gone to that place
from which no one returns. [In other words, He must now be
dead.]””

PURPORT

Atheists generally follow the Bauddha philosophical conclusion that at
death everything is finished. Hiranyakasipu, being an atheist, thought
this way. Because Lord Visnu was not visible to him, he thought that the
Lord was dead. Even today, many people follow the philosophy that God
is dead. But God is never dead. Even the living entity, who is part of God,
never dies. Na jdyate mriyate vd kadacit: “For the soul there is never
birth or death.”’ This is the statement of Bhagavad-gita (2.20). Even the
ordinary living entity never takes birth or dies. What then is to be said of
