Hiraṇyakaśipu Conquers the Devatās

Chapter Four

Hiraṇyakaśipu Conquers the Devatās

|| 7.4.1 ||

śrī-nārada uvāca

evaṁ vṛtaḥ śata-dhṛtir

hiraṇyakaśipor atha

prādāt tat-tapasā prīto

varāṁs tasya sudurlabhān

Nārada said: Thus requested, Brahmā, pleased with Hiraṇyakaśipu's austerities, granted his wishes which were difficult to grant.

The Fourth Chapter describes how Hiraṇyakaśipu, in hatred of Viṣṇu, defeated the devatās, and also describes the qualities of Prahlāda which arose from his prema-bhakti. Hiraṇyakaśipor should be hiraṇyakaśipunā and tasya should be tasmai.

|| 7.4.2 ||

śrī-brahmovāca

tāteme durlabhāḥ puṁsāṁ

yān vṛṇīṣe varān mama

tathāpi vitarāmy aṅga

varān yadyapi durlabhān

Brahmā said: O dear Hiraṇyakaśipu! Although these benedictions which you have requested are difficult to obtain, I shall grant you those rare boons.

 

Though those boons are rarely attained, I will grant those difficult boons, if you can tolerate them. “Difficult” means that though he would attain those boons, they would still not be attained.

|| 7.4.3 ||

tato jagāma bhagavān

amoghānugraho vibhuḥ

pūjito 'sura-varyeṇa

stūyamānaḥ prajeśvaraiḥ

Then Lord Brahmā, whose mercy is infallible, who is worshiped by the best of the demons and praised by the devatās, departed.

|| 7.4.4 ||

evaṁ labdha-varo daityo

bibhrad dhemamayaṁ vapuḥ

bhagavaty akarod dveṣaṁ

bhrātur vadham anusmaran

The demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, having thus been blessed by Brahmā and having acquired a golden body, on remembering the death of his brother, continued his hatred of Viṣṇu.

|| 7.4.5-7 ||

sa vijitya diśaḥ sarvā

lokāṁś ca trīn mahāsuraḥ

devāsura-manuṣyendra-

gandharva-garuḍoragān

siddha-cāraṇa-vidyādhrān

ṛṣīn pitṛ-patīn manūn