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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.25
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 25
- tasmin praviṣṭe varuṇasya sainikā
- yādo-gaṇāḥ sanna-dhiyaḥ sasādhvasāḥ
- ahanyamānā api tasya varcasā
- pradharṣitā dūrataraṁ pradudruvuḥ
tasminwhen he entered the ocean praviṣṭewhen he entered the ocean — when he entered the ocean; varuṇasyaof Varuṇa — of Varuṇa; sainikāḥthe defenders — the defenders; yādaḥthe aquatic animals-gaṇāḥthe aquatic animals — the aquatic animals; sannadepressed-dhiyaḥdepressed — depressed; sawith fear-sādhvasāḥwith fear — with fear; ahanyamānāḥnot being hit — not being hit; apieven — even; tasyahis — his; varcasāby splendor — by splendor; pradharṣitāḥstricken — stricken; dūrafar away-taramfar away — far away; pradudruvuḥthey ran fast — they ran fast.
On his entering the ocean, the aquatic animals who formed the host of Varuṇa were stricken with fear and ran far away. Thus Hiraṇyākṣa showed his splendor without dealing a blow.
Materialistic demons sometimes appear to be very powerful and are seen to establish their supremacy throughout the world. Here also it appears that Hiraṇyākṣa, by his demoniac strength, actually established his supremacy throughout the universe, and the demigods were afraid of his uncommon power. Not only were the demigods in space afraid of the demons Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa, but so also were the aquatic animals within the sea.