SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 38]Hiryaka8ipu's Plan to Become Immortal167vyasubhir vii.sumadbhir oosuriisura-mahoragai/:Lapratidvandvatarit yuddheaika-patyarit ca dehiniimsaroeam loka-paliiniiritmahimanam yathatmana/:Ltapo-yoga-prabhaoorityan na yati karhicitvyasubhib,-by things that have no life; vii-or; asumadbhib,-by entitiesthat have life; oo-or; sura-by the demigods; asura-thedemons; maha-uragaib,-by the great serpents who live on the lowerplanets; apratidvandvatam-without a rival; yuddhe-in battle; aikapatyam-supremacy;ca-and; dehiniim-over those who have materialbodies; saroeam-of all; loka-paliiniim-the predominating deities ofall planets; mahimanam-the glory; yatha-just as; iitmanab,-ofyourself; tapab,-yoga-prabhaoom-of those whose power is obtainedby austerities and the practice of mystic yoga; yat-which; na-never;yati-is destroyed; karhicit-at any time.TRANSLATIONGrant me that I not meet death from any entity, living or nonliving.Grant me, further, that I not be killed by any demigod ordemon or by any great snake from the lower planets. Since no onecan kill you in the battlefield, you have no competitor. Therefore,grant me the benediction that I too may have no rival. Give me solelordship over all the living entities and presiding deities, and giveme all the glories obtained by that position. Furthermore, give meall the mystic powers attained by long austerities and the practiceof yoga, for these cannot be lost at any time.PURPORTLord Brahma obtained his supreme position due to long austerities andpenances, mystic yoga, meditation and so on. HiraQ.yakasipu wanted asimilar position. The ordinary powers achieved by mystic yoga,