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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.20
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
- hiraṇyākṣo 'nujas tasya
- priyaḥ prīti-kṛd anvaham
- gadā-pāṇir divaṁ yāto
- yuyutsur mṛgayan raṇam
hiraṇyākṣaḥHiraṇyākṣa — Hiraṇyākṣa; anujaḥyounger brother — younger brother; tasyahis — his; priyaḥbeloved — beloved; prītiready to please-kṛtready to please — ready to please; anuevery day-ahamevery day — every day; gadāwith a club in hand-pāṇiḥwith a club in hand — with a club in hand; divamto the higher planets — to the higher planets; yātaḥtraveled — traveled; yuyutsuḥdesirous to fight — desirous to fight; mṛgayanseeking — seeking; raṇamcombat — combat.
His younger brother, Hiraṇyākṣa, was always ready to satisfy his elder brother by his activities. Hiraṇyākṣa took a club on his shoulder and traveled all over the universe with a fighting spirit just to satisfy Hiraṇyakaśipu.
The demoniac spirit is to train all family members to exploit the resources of this universe for personal sense gratification, whereas the godly spirit is to engage everything in the service of the Lord. Hiraṇyakaśipu was himself very powerful, and he made his younger brother, Hiraṇyākṣa, powerful to assist him in fighting with everyone and lording it over material nature as long as possible. If possible, he wanted to rule the universe eternally. These are demonstrations of the spirit of the demoniac living entity.