SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 3) Hiryaka8ipu's Plan to Become Immortal 131in the future he would be able to conquer Lord Brahma's abode.Similarly, another demon received a benediction from Lord Siva but laterwanted to kill Lord Siva through that same benediction. Thus selfinterestedpersons, by demoniac austerity, want to kill even theirbenedictors, whereas the VaiQava wants to remain an ever-existing servantof the Lord and never to occupy the post of the Lord. Through sayujya-mukti,which is generally demanded by asuras, one merges into theexistence of the Lord, but although one sometimes thus achieves the goalof the theory of monism, one falls down again to struggle in materialexistence.TEXT2 'l;:(((si\IUff q: WI I\Ji: qllfBImR: II IIsa tepe mandara-dro7Jyamtapab, parama-daru7Jamurdhva-bahur nabho-drtib.pada!/&iisritavanib,sab,-he (HiraQyakasipu); tepe-performed; mandara-dro1Jyam-ina valley of Mandara Hill; tapab,-austerity; parama-most; ooru7Jamdifficult;urdhva-raising; bahub,-arms; nabhab,-toward the sky;dr!ib,-his vision; pada-a!ha-with the big toes of his feet;asrita-resting on; avanib,-the ground.TRANSLATIONIn the valley of Mandara Hill, Hiryaka8ipu began performinghis austerities by standing with his toes on the ground, keeping hisarms upward and looking toward the sky. This position was extremelydifficult, but he accepted it as a means to attain perfection.TEXT3i;t!lc{lRr4T 4*1Nl flt.: If(dq(dQ4'11 : f;r II II