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Chapter 3: Hiraṇyakaśipu's Plan to Become Immortal

Verse 17 of 34
SB 7.3.17

श्रीब्रह्मोवाच उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते तपःसिद्धो ऽसि काश्यप वरदो ऽहमनुप्राप्तो व्रियतामीप्सितो वरः

śrī-brahmovāca uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṁ te tapaḥ-siddho 'si kāśyapa varado 'ham anuprāpto vriyatām īpsito varaḥ

Synonyms

śrī-brahmā uvācaLord Brahmā said; uttiṣṭhaplease get up; uttiṣṭhaget up; bhadramgood fortune; teunto you; tapaḥ-siddhaḥperfect in executing austerities; asiyou are; kāśyapaO son of Kaśyapa; vara-daḥthe giver of benediction; ahamI; anuprāptaḥarrived; vriyatāmlet it be submitted; īpsitaḥdesired; varaḥbenediction..

Translation

Lord Brahmā said: O son of Kaśyapa Muni, please get up, please get up. All good fortune unto you. You are now perfect in the performance of your austerities, and therefore I may give you a benediction. You may now ask from me whatever you desire, and I shall try to fulfill your wish.

Purport

Śrīla Madhvācārya quotes from the Skanda Purāṇa, which says that Hiraṇyakaśipu, having become a devotee of Lord Brahmā, who is known as Hiraṇyagarbha, and having undergone a severe austerity to please him, is also known as Hiraṇyaka. Rākṣasas and demons worship various demigods, such as Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, just to take the post of these demigods. This we have already explained in previous verses.

Verse 17 of 34
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