SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 18) Hirm;tyaka8ipu's Plan to Become Immortal 145son of Kasyapa; vara-daft-the giver of benediction; aham-1;anupriiptaft-arrived; vriyatiim-let it be submitted; i'psitaft-desired;varaft-benediction.TRANSLATIONLord Brahma said: 0 son of K.aSyapa Muni, please get up, pleaseget up. All good fortune unto you. You are now perfect in the performanceof your austerities, and therefore I may give you abenediction. You may now ask from me whatever you desire, and Ishall try to fulfill your wish.PURPORTSrila Madhvacarya quotes from the Skanda Purar:rn, which says thatHiraQyakasipu, having become a devotee of Lord Brahma, who is knownas Hira1.1yagarbha, and having undergone a severe austerity to pleasehim, is also known as Hira1.1yaka. Rak!?asas and demons worship variousdemigods, such as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, just to take the post ofthese demigods. This we have already explained in previous verses.TEXT 18'itilrd I $fl1Jf1U IIadrak$am aham etam tehrt-siiram mahad-adbhutamdari!Sa-bhak$ita-dehasyaprii1}ij hy asthi§u serateadrak$am-have personally seen; aham-1; etam-this; te-your;hrt-siiram-power of endurance; mahat-very great; adbhutam-wonderful;damsa-bhak$ita-eaten by worms and ants; dehasya-whosebody; prii1}iift-the life air; hi-indeed; asthi§u-in the bones; serateistaking shelter.TRANSLATIONI have been very much astonished to see your endurance. Inspite of being eaten and bitten by all kinds of worms and ants, you