SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

138 Srimad-Bhiigavatam (Canto 7, Ch. 3was proud to declare that he would be able to do everything by the powerof his tapasya. He even wanted to make the VaiQavas' position insecure.These are some of the symptoms of asuric determination.TEXT 12 : q'I•Ufu:l(l: IA((11'1'{1( 1111iti su.Sruma nirbandhamtapa) paramam iisthitabvidhatsvanantararhyuktarhsvayarh tri-bhuvanesvaralh-in this way; su.Sruma-we have heard; nirbandham-strongdetermination; tapa}J.-austerity; paramam-very severe; iisthital) -issituated in; vidhatsva-please take steps; anantaram-as soon as possible;yuktam-befitting; svayam-yourself; tri-bhuvana-iSvara-0master of the three worlds.TRANSLATION0 lord, we have heard from reliable sources that in order to obtainyour post, Hirayaka.Sipu is now engaged in severe austerity.You are the master of the three worlds. Please, without delay, takewhatever steps you deem appropriate.PURPORTIn the material world, a servant is provided for by the master but is alwaysplanning how to capture the master's post. There have been manyinstances of this in history. Especially in India during the Mohammedanrule, many servants, by plans and devices, took over the posts of theirmasters. It is learned from Caitanya literature that one big Zamindar,Subuddhi Raya, kept a Mohammedan boy as a servant. Of course, hetreated the boy as his own child, and sometimes, when the boy wouldsteal something, the master would chastise him by striking him with acane. There was a mark on the boy's back from this chastisement. Later,