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RY OF CULTURE
 
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And HOM
 
आप
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
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And H
iranya kasipu desired to make

himself an invincible person, free from

old age and death, and the sole monarch

without a foe. (To this end) he performed

very terrible penance in a ravine of the

Mandara mountain.
 
मंत्री
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 

 
तस्मिंस्तपस्तप्यमाने जज्वलुश्च दिशो दश ॥
 

When he was performing penance, all

the ten quarters were ablaze.
 

 
तपन्तं तपसा लोकान् प्राह तं हंसवाहनः ।

'वरदोऽहमनुप्राप्तो व्रियतामीप्सितो वरः '
 

Brahma told that Hiranyakasipu who

was burning the worlds with (the fire) of

his penance : " I have come (here), the

bestower of boons ; choose your desired

boon."
 

 
हिरण्यकशिपुः-
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भूतेभ्यस्त्वद्विसृष्टेभ्यो मृत्युर्माभून्मम प्रभो ।

नान्त बेहिर्दिवानक्तमन्यस्मादपि चायुधैः ।

न भूमौ नाम्बरे मृत्युर्न नरैर्न मृगैरपि ।

व्यसुभिर्वाऽसुमद्भिर्वा सुरासुरमहोरगैः ॥