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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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śrī-gandharvā ūcuḥ vayaṁ vibho te naṭa-nāṭya-gāyakā yenātmasād vīrya-balaujasā kṛtāḥ sa eṣa nīto bhavatā daśām imāṁ kim utpathasthaḥ kuśalāya kalpate
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
| The inhabitants of Gandharvaloka prayed: Your Lordship, we ever engage in Your service by dancing and singing in dramatic performances, but this Hiraṇyakaśipu, by the influence of his bodily strength and valor, brought us under his subjugation. Now he has been brought to this low condition by Your Lordship. What benefit can result from the activities of such an upstart as Hiraṇyakaśipu?
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PURPORT
| By being a very obedient servant of the Supreme Lord, one becomes extremely powerful in bodily strength, influence and effulgence, whereas the fate of demoniac upstarts is ultimately to fall down like Hiraṇyakaśipu. Hiraṇyakaśipu and persons like him may be very powerful for some time, but the obedient servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead like the demigods remain powerful always. They are victorious over the influence of Hiraṇyakaśipu by the grace of the Supreme Lord.
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